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Britain's war. Into battle, 1937-1941 /
"On June 18th, 1940, invoking their 'finest hour, ' Winston Churchill galvanized his countrymen. Poland and France had fallen. Britain was next. Churchill knew, as now did millions of his countrymen, that their island nation alone faced Nazi Germany, and that soon it would be at the c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Daniel Todman Britain's War; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; A Note on Money, Weights and Measures and Military Formations; Introduction: War Stories; Part One: Prelude; 1 Studies in Celebration; 2 Ancient and Modern; 3 Politics and the Slump; 4 Politics and the Empire; 5 Peace and War; 6 Peace and Progress; 7 State and Society; 8 Division and Unity; Part Two: From Peace to War; 9 'More sufferings to come'; 10 Czechoslovakia to Poland; Part Three: Being at War; 11 Limited War; 12 Boredom; 13 Escalation.
- 14 The Battle of FrancePart Four: Battles of Britain; 15 Finest Hour; 16 'What will happen now?'; 17 The Battle of Britain; 18 The Means of Victory; 19 The Beginning of the Blitz; 20 Taking It; 21 The Battle of the British Empire; 22 Britain Beyond the Blitz; 23 Production and Reconstruction; Part Five: Total War; 24 The Widening War; 25 Atlantic Crossings; 26 The End of the Beginning; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.