The Second World War : a military history : Corrigan, Gordon : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xxviii, 620 p., [24] p. of plates : 24 cm

Reassesses World War II as a collection of separate, uncoordinated campaigns fought in Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean, evaluating the disparate agendas of warring nations to offer a revisionist interpretation of how the war was fought and won

"First published in Great Britain by Atlantic Books Ltd., [2010]"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-601) and index

Prelude : February 1942 -- On your marks- -- Get set- -- Go! -- Interlude : Britain at war : May 1940-June 1941 -- The Russian war : June-October 1941 -- The Asian war : September-December 1941 -- The Mediterranean war : June 1941-August 1942 -- The Russian war : October 1941-November 1942 -- The Asian war : December 1941-May 1942 -- The Mediterranean war : August 1942-May 1943 -- The Asian war : December 1941-November 1942 -- The Russian war : November 1942-June 1944 -- The Asian war : June 1942-August 1944 -- The European war : May 1943-August 1944 -- The sea and air war -- The Axis retreat : August-November 1944 -- The home war -- End game : December 1944-September 1945 -- Checkmate : January 1945-December 1946 -- Epilogue