Fateful choices : ten decisions that changed the world, 1941941
Reviews ten decisions made by six major leaders between May 1940 and December 1941 that reshaped human destiny, from Churchill's war cabinet's choice to continue fighting after the German blitzkrieg defeat of France to Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union
xxv, 623 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9781594201233, 1594201234
1004784411
London, spring 1940 : Great Britain decides to fight on
Berlin, summer and autumn 1940 : Hitler decides to attack the Soviet Union
Tokyo, summer and autumn 1940 : Japan decides to seize the 'golden opportunity'
Rome, summer and autumn 1940 : Mussolini decides to grab his share
Washington, DC, summer 194spring 1941 : Roosevelt decides to lend a hand
Moscow, spring-summer 1941 : Stalin decides he knows best
Washington, DC, summer-autumn 1941 : Roosevelt decides to wage undeclared war
Tokyo, autumn 1941 : Japan decides to go to war
Berlin, autumn 1941 : Hitler decides to declare war on the United States
Berlin/East Prussia, summer-autumn 1941 : Hitler decides to kill the Jews