IWM: Britain at War 1939-1945

IWM: Britain at War 1939-1945

by RichardOvery (Author)

Synopsis

Written by leading Second World War historian Richard Overy, Britain at War transports the reader right back into the heart of the action. Each key event is presented concisely, with maps, photographs and documents bringing the epic story to life as never before. Every theatre involving British troops is covered, from the first two years of the global conflagration in which Britain and her Commonwealth allies, stood alone against the might of Nazi Germany and her Axis allies fascist Italy and Imperial Japan, to the later years when allied alongside the United States and Russia, they continued the long, hard, but ultimately victorious fight for the freedom of Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Published: 01 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 1847328539
ISBN 13: 9781847328533

Author Bio
Richard Overy, Professor of History, University of Exeter, is a world-renowned historian and an expert on the history of the Second World War, air warfare and the Hitler and Stalin dictatorships. He has won five prizes for his published work, including in 2005 the Wolfson prize for History.