When Britain saved the west : the story of 1940 /

From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prior, Robin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Temas:
1936-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Grande-Bretagne.
Bataille d'Angleterre, Grande-Bretagne, 1940.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Politics and government
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1936-1945.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1936-1945.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover page
  • Half title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • MAPS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1 HALF-HEARTED WAR
  • CHAPTER 2 THE PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS CHURCHILL ASCENDANT, 7â€?10 MAY 1940
  • CHAPTER 3 THE CABINET CRISIS CHURCHILL CHALLENGED, 10â€?28 MAY 1940
  • CHAPTER 4 A CLOSE-RUN THING THE BEFâ€?S RETREAT TO THE COAST, MAY 1940
  • CHAPTER 5 THE GREAT ESCAPE THE BEF, MAYâ€?JUNE 1940
  • CHAPTER 6 ALONE THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRENCH ALLIANCE, MAYâ€?JULY 1940
  • CHAPTER 7 HITLER AT THE DOOR THE INVASION THREAT, JUNEâ€?OCTOBER 1940CHAPTER 8 THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE ANTAGONISTS
  • CHAPTER 9THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN OVERTURE
  • CHAPTER 10 THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE CRISIS
  • CHAPTER 11 THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE BATTLE WON 7 SEPTEMBERâ€?31 OCTOBER 1940
  • CHAPTER 12 TERROR BY NIGHT BRITAIN SURVIVES THE BLITZ, SEPTEMBER 1940â€?MAY 1941
  • CHAPTER 13 A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1940â€?1941
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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