Understand the Second World War [electronic resource] / Alan Farmer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Farmer, Alan.

Contributor:

• Farmer, Alan.

Series:

• Teach yourself books.
• Teach yourself

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon [England] : Bookpoint Ltd., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understand the Second World War is an accessible introduction to one of the most important, tragic and costly events in history.

Contents:

• Cover; Book title; Contents; Meet the author; Only got a minute?; Only got five minutes?; 1 The origins; The Versailles settlement; Troubled peace 1919-33; The coming of war 1937-9; Conclusion; 2 Blitzkrieg; The conquest of Poland; The phoney war; The defeat of France; Conclusion; 3 Britain alone; The Battle of Britain; The search for allies; Italy at war; The Balkans and the east Mediterranean; Conclusion; 4 Operation Barbarossa; Why did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa?; Operation Barbarossa June-July 1941; Operation Barbarossa August 1941-January 1942; Conclusion; 5 Pearl Harbor
• Japanese expansion 1931-9Japanese-American relations; US policy 1940-1; Pearl Harbor; Conclusion; 6 The turning of the tide; Japanese expansion 1941-2; The war in North Africa 1941-2; The Eastern Front 1942-3; Conclusion; 7 Axis retreat 1943-4; North Africa 1943; The invasions of Sicily and Italy; Russia 1943-4; The Pacific 1943-4; Conclusion; 8 Resistance and collaboration; Hitler's 'New Order'; Barbarism in eastern Europe; Resistance in Europe; The 'New Order' in Asia; Conclusion; 9 The Holocaust; Nazi treatment of Jews 1933-41; Genocide; Who was to blame?; Conclusion
• 10 War at sea and in the airThe Battle of the Atlantic 1939-42; Allied victory in the Atlantic 1943-5; The strategic bombing of Germany; Strategic bombing 1939-42; The combined bomber offensive 1943-5; Conclusion; 11 German defeat 1944-5; D-Day; The Western Front September 1944-January 1945; Operation Bagration; The end of the Third Reich; Conclusion; 12 The defeat of Japan 1944-5; Burma and China 1944-5; The Marianas and the Philippines 1944-5; Iwo Jima and Okinawa; Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Japanese surrender; Conclusion; 13 Why did the Allies win?; National morale; Resources; Technology
• Intelligence and deceptionLeadership; Co-operation; Conclusion; 14 Consequences; The cost of the war; Peace (and war); Some results of the war; The Axis powers; Conclusion; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; U; V; W; Taking it further; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

• "All the key facts explained"--Cover.
• Includes index.
• At head of title: Teach yourself.

Related Work:

Farmer, Alan. Second World War.

ISBN:

• 1-282-95780-5
• 9786612957802
• 1-4441-2733-0

OCLC:

701704425