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Acknowledgements |
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The German invasion of Poland, September 1939 |
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1 | (14) |
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Poland defeated, October 1939 |
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15 | (16) |
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Finland defiant, November 1939 |
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31 | (13) |
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The Scandinavian cockpit, winter 1939--1940 |
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44 | (17) |
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The German attack in the West, May 1940 |
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61 | (14) |
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75 | (10) |
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The battle for France, June 1940 |
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85 | (18) |
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France's agony, Britain's resolve, June--July 1940 |
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103 | (14) |
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The battle for Britain, August--September 1940 |
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117 | (9) |
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`The war is won!' (Hitler), October 1940 |
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126 | (12) |
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The `new order of tyranny' (Roosevelt), winter 1940--1941 |
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138 | (15) |
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The widening war, January--March 1941 |
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153 | (12) |
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The German conquest of Yugoslavia and Greece, April 1941 |
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165 | (12) |
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The fall of Crete; war in Africa, April--May 1941 |
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177 | (21) |
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The German invasion of Russia, June 1941 |
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198 | (14) |
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Terror in the East, July--August 1941 |
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212 | (10) |
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Towards Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, September 1941 |
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222 | (15) |
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Russia at bay, September--October 1941 |
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237 | (12) |
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`Deciding the fate of Europe' (Hitler), November 1941 |
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249 | (10) |
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The limits of German conquest, December 1941 |
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259 | (13) |
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Japan strikes, December 1941 |
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272 | (14) |
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`We are no longer alone' (Churchill), New Year 1942 |
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286 | (15) |
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Global war, February--April 1942 |
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301 | (20) |
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The spread of resistance and of terror, summer 1942 |
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321 | (15) |
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336 | (14) |
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Guadalcanal, Dieppe, El Alamein, August--September 1942 |
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350 | (15) |
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Stalingrad and `Torch', September--October 1942 |
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365 | (16) |
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The turn of the tide for the Allies, winter 1942 |
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381 | (9) |
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Casablanca: blueprint for victory, January 1943 |
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390 | (12) |
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The German armies in danger, February 1943 |
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402 | (15) |
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`Drive the enemy into the sea' (Montgomery), spring 1943 |
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417 | (17) |
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`The first crack in the Axis' (Roosevelt), summer 1943 |
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434 | (24) |
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Germany and Japan in retreat, autumn 1943 |
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458 | (13) |
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`Bleeding to death in the East' (Goebbels), winter 1943 |
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471 | (14) |
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Anzio, Cassino, Kwajalein, January--February 1944 |
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485 | (18) |
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Bombing, deportation, and mass murder, February--March 1944 |
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503 | (18) |
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Resistance, sabotage and deception, spring 1944 |
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521 | (13) |
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534 | (14) |
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Germany encircled, July 1944 |
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548 | (13) |
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The battles for Poland and France, summer 1944 |
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561 | (11) |
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The bitter-sweet path of liberation, autumn 1944 |
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572 | (17) |
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Into Germany, towards the Philippines, September 1944 |
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589 | (14) |
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Fighting for every mile, October--November 1944 |
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603 | (23) |
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Flying bombs, suicide pilots, death marches, January 1945 |
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626 | (11) |
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Berlin, Manila, Dresden, Tokyo, February--March 1945 |
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637 | (17) |
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The Axis in disarray; the Allies in conflict, March--April 1945 |
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654 | (8) |
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The deaths of Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler, April 1945 |
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662 | (20) |
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The end of the war in Europe, May 1945 |
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682 | (10) |
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Germany in defeat, Japan unbowed, May--July 1945 |
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692 | (12) |
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Alamogordo, Potsdam and Hiroshima, July--August 1945 |
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704 | (11) |
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The defeat of Japan, August 1945 |
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715 | (5) |
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Retribution and Remembrance, 1945--1952 |
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720 | (17) |
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`Unfinished business', 1953--1989 |
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737 | (12) |
Bibliography |
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749 | (16) |
Regional Maps |
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765 | (22) |
Index |
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