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" The Second World War explained / "
Michael O'Kelly.
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852784
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O'Kelly, Michael
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The Second World War explained /\ Michael O'Kelly.
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| Publication Statement
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :: Pen & Sword Military,, 2018.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1526737442
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: 1526737469
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: 9781526737441
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: 9781526737465
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1526737434
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9781526737434
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Preface; Chapter 1: Background to War; Chapter 2: September 1939 to June 1940; Chapter 3: The Battle of Britain: Summer 1940; Chapter 4: The Blitz and Wartime Great Britain; Chapter 5: The Mediterranean Theatre 1941 and 1942; Chapter 6: Battle of the Atlantic 1941 and 1942; Chapter 7: Germany Invades the Soviet Union; Chapter 8: Royal Navy Arctic Convoys 1941-45; Chapter 9: Japan Enters the War, December 1941 to June 1944; Chapter 10: The Holocaust; Chapter 11: UK Bomber Command; Chapter 12: Soviet Union 1942 and Stalingrad
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Chapter 13: Malta, El Alamein and North Africa 1942-43Chapter 14: The Battle of the Atlantic 1943: The Decisive Year; Chapter 15: Sicily and Italy 1943-44; Chapter 16: Soviet Union 1943 and 1944; Chapter 17: Invasion of France 1944; Chapter 18: The Far East 1944 and 1945; Chapter 19: Final Defeat of Germany 1945; Chapter 20: The Atom Bomb; Appendix 1: Meetings of Great Power Leaders; Appendix 2: Second World War Timeline; Plate section
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| Abstract
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Over seventy years on the terrible events and outcome of the Second World War remains hugely relevant and important. Far from diminishing interest in this truly global conflict is increasing. The internet has enabled detailed research into ancestors war records to an extent unimaginable a decade or so ago. There have been countless thousands of books on all aspects of the War, both general in scope, of particular subjects, biographies and personal memoirs. The author of The Second World War Explained has identified the need for a concise summary covering the main events and personalities. The result is a compelling, highly readable and informing book which allows an understanding of this most dramatic yet tragic period of history. Will appeal to all age groups.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Western.
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940.53
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D743*
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