Closing the Ring

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1948 - Biography & Autobiography - 704 pages
The fifth volume in Winston Churchill's magnificent history of World War II, the British prime minister and Nobel Prize winner recounts how the Allies took the fight to the enemy in this vivid historical account.

Mussolini falls, Hitler is besieged on three sides, and the Japanese find it near impossible to maintain a grip on the territories they had recently overtaken. Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt work toward keeping their uneasy partnership moving in concert, and much of this volume is dedicated to describing the intricate negotiations that went on to sustain this partnership toward one single goal.

This six-volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis during World War II, told from the unique viewpoint of a British prime minister, is also the story of one nation's heroic role in the fight against tyranny, enriched with fascinating primary sources. We are presented with not only Churchill's retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. Throughout these volumes, we listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler's conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia, in a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
 

Contents

Chapter Page I THE COMMAND OF THE SEAS GUADALCANAL AND NEW GUINEA
3
Cumulative Gains and Losses of Merchant Ships Outside
5
Merchant Ships Sunk by
12
The SouthWest Pacific
19
THE CONQUEST OF SICILY
23
The Conquest of Sicily
27
THE FALL OF MUSSOLINI
40
WESTWARD HO SYNTHETIC HARBOURS
61
THE OPENING
302
XX
317
THE CRUX
331
CONCLUSIONS
344
CAIRO AGAIN THE HIGH COMMAND
361
IN CARTHAGE RUINS
372
AT MARRAKESH CONVALESCENCE
388
MARSHAL TITO AND YUGOSLAVIA
408

QUADRANT
72
THE ARMISTICE
88
THE INVASION OF ITALY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN
105
THE Battle of Salerno A HOMEWARD VOYAGE
124
The Salerno Landing
127
A SPELL AT HOME
138
TENSIONS WITH GENERAL DE GAULLE
153
THE BROKEN AXIS
166
ISLAND PRIZES LOST
180
The South Ægean Sea
183
Leros
197
HITLERS SECRET WEAPON
201
DEADLOCK ON THE THIRD FRONT
214
Operations SeptemberDecember 1943
217
ARCTIC CONVOYS AGAIN
228
Operations in Russia JulyDecember 1943
232
FOREIGN SECRETARIES CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW
247
ADVENT OF THE TRIPLE MEETING THE HIGH COMMANDS
267
CAIRO
287
XXVII
424
Anzio
427
CASSINO
438
THE MOUNTING AIR OFFENSIVE
456
XXX
470
XXXI
489
New Guinea
491
MAPS AND DIAGRAMScontinued Page
499
XXXII
504
XXXIII
514
The Coast of NorthWest Europe
515
Normandy
523
ROME
528
Central Italy
533
ON THE
542
The Front in Russia JanuaryJune 1944 facing
558
A List of Abbreviations
561
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