Carlton The Second World War Experience: Axis Ascendant 1941-42

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AUTHOR	Richard Overy
BINDING	Hardback Book In Presentation Case
NO OF PAGES	80
ILLUSTRATIONS	200+ Colour And Black & White Photos, Maps
ISBN	9781844420087
PRODUCT CODE	20087MIL
PUBLISHER	Carlton

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This book charts the period when the Axis powers reigned supreme beginning with the German drive eastwards and the invasion of Russia and moves to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of America into the war. Included are rare items of memorabilia sourced from around the world combined with an audio CD of veterans' first-hand. Memorabilia includes: Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his "day of infamy" speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his "scorched earth" policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk.Contents 1941 Continued: Hitler Turns East; Operation "Barbarossa" The Siege of Leningrad; Operation "Typhoon": the Battle for Moscow; Defeat in North Africa; The Allied Invasion of Syria; The Atlantic Charter; Operation "Crusader"; Pearl Harbor; Blitzkrieg in Asia; Lend-Lease; 1942: The Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution"; The Fall of Singapore; Commando Raids; The Siege of Malta; Corregidor: The Fall of the Philippines; Japan Conquers Burma; Battle of the Coral Sea; Operation "Ironclad"; The Thousand-Bomber Raid: Cologne; Operation "Blue": The German advance to Stalingrad; Oil; The Battle of Midway; Crisis in Egypt: Gazala and Tobruk; The Battle of the Atlantic; Into the Caucasus; Battle for the Solomons; The Dieppe Raid.

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