The Second World War In The West (Cassell'S History Of Warfare)

The Second World War In The West (Cassell'S History Of Warfare)

by Charles Messenger (Author)

Synopsis

Defeat in 1918 left many of the losers recalcitrant, Germany foremost. Drawn to totalitarianism under a new leader in the 1930s in 1939 embarked on a second European war to reverse the outcome of the First. That rapidly became a World War, whose character was dominated by the development and refinement of the embryo technology of 1918. This volume covers the blitzkrieg of 1939-41, the war in Russia, and the Anglo-American counter-offensives in Africa, the Mediterranean and North-West Europe, concluding with the campaigns of 1945 that resulted in the final defeat of Nazism in Europe.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 15 Nov 2001

ISBN 10: 0304359858
ISBN 13: 9780304359851
Book Overview: Part of a unique venture: Cassell's History of Warfare, a twenty-four volume series that captures the entire history of war and warfare, written by the world's leading experts, and available Fully illustrated throughout and incorporating computer generated cartography that brings the battlefields to life Available for the first time in paperback

Author Bio
Charles Messenger was a regular officer in the Royal Tank Regiment. He then left the army to take up a career as a military historian. His second career has proved hugely successful, and he has published a large number of books, concentrating on the two World Wars. He is at present working on a multi-part television series on the history of powered flight.