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050 0 0 _aD743
_b.R56 2011
082 0 4 _a940.54 ROB
100 1 _aRoberts, Andrew
_d, 1963-
245 1 4 _aThe storm of war
_b: a new history of the Second World War
_c/ Andrew Roberts
250 _a1st U.S. ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Harper
_c, c2011.
300 _alvi, 712 p., [24] p. of plates
_b: ill., maps
_c; 24 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 648-675) and index.
505 0 _aOnslaught. Four invasions : September 1939-April 1940 ; Führer imperator : May-June 1940 ; Last Hope Island : June 1940-June 1941 ; Contesting the Littoral : September 1939-June 1942 ; Kicking in the door : June-December 1941 ; Tokyo typhoon : December 1941-May 1942 -- Climacteric. The everlasting shame of mankind : 1939-1945 ; Five minutes at Midway : June 1942-October 1944 ; Midnight in the devil's gardens : July 1942-May 1943 ; The motherland overwhelms the fatherland : January 1942-February 1943 ; The waves of air and sea : 1939-1945 ; Up the wasp-waist peninsula : July 1943-May 1945 -- Retribution. A salient reversal : March-August 1943 ; The cruel reality : 1939-1945 ; Norman conquest : June-August 1944 ; Western approaches : August 1944-March 1945 ; Eastern approaches : August 1943-May 1945 ; The land of the setting sun : October 1944-September 1945.
520 _aA comprehensive history of World War II analyzes the factors that affected the war's outcome and presents stories of many little-known individuals whose experiences displayed the epitome of courage and self-sacrifice.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
650 4 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
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