The Grand Alliance

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986 - 818 páginas
The British, Soviets, and Americans unite in this chapter of the six-volume WWII history by the legendary prime minister and Nobel Prize recipient.

The Grand Alliance describes the end of an extraordinary period in British military history, in which Britain stood alone against Germany. Two crucial events brought an end to Britain's isolation. First was Hitler's decision to attack the Soviet Union, opening up a battle front in the East and forcing Stalin to look to the British for support. The second was the bombing of Pearl Harbor. US support had long been crucial to the British war effort, and here, Winston Churchill documents his efforts to draw the Americans to aid, including correspondence with President Roosevelt.

This book is part of the six-volume account of World War II told from the unique viewpoint of a British prime minister who led his nation in the fight against tyranny. In addition to the correspondence with FDR, the series is enriched with extensive primary sources. We are presented with not only Churchill's retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. Throughout these volumes, we listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler's conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia, in a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
 

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THE DESERT AND THE BALKANS
3
THE WIDENING
20
BLITZ AND ANTIBLITZ HESS
34
THE MEDITERRANEAN
50
CONQUEST OF THE ITALIAN EMPIRE
70
DECISION TO AID GREECE
83
VII
98
THE WESTERN APPROACHES
99
XXVI
423
Operations in Persia
429
THE MOUNTING STRENGTH OF BRITAIN
445
XXVIII
465
XXIX
478
XXX
494
The Opening Phase
495
JAPAN
514

VENTION YUGOSLAVIA
138
THE JAPANESE ENVOY
156
THE DESERT FLANK ROMMEL TOBRUK
173
THE GREEK CAMPAIGN
193
MAPS AND DIAGRAMScontinued Page
203
TRIPOLI AND TIGER
211
THE REVOLT IN IRAQ
224
Habbaniya Falluja
233
THE ADVENT
238
THE BATTLE
252
Crete and the Ægcan
267
THE FATE OF THE BISMARCK
270
SYRIA
287
BATTLEAXE
298
Diagram to illustrate Operation Battleaxe
301
THE SOVIET NEMESIS Page 3
315
20
320
XXI
337
The German Attack on Russia facing
366
34
371
THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
385
XXV
401
50
418
70
421
The South China Sea facing
526
PEARL HARBOUR
537
A VOYAGE AMID WORLD
555
Malaya
568
XXXIV
572
XXXV
587
XXXVI
604
RETURN TO STORM
619
A List of Abbreviations
633
Estimated British and German Air Strengths
694
98
697
APPENDICEScontinued Page
698
The Advance from Tobruk 57
789
118
791
138
796
156
798
193
803
211
806
238
807
252
809
270
810
298
814
315
815
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The grandson of the former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill is an author whose books include the best-selling Six Days of War. He was a journalist; former war correspondent; and a member of the British Parliament from 1970-1997.

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