History of World War II, 1939-1945 |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
THE WORLD WATCHES AND WAITS | 14 |
THE INVASION OF THE | 22 |
Copyright | |
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1st Army 8th Army Admiral advance Afrika Korps Air Force Airborne aircraft airfield Allied American April Armoured Division Army Group Army Group Centre Army Group South assault attack August Axis battle battleship beach-head beaches began bombers bombing Britain British Burma campaign captured carrier Chindits Churchill Colonel-General convoy cruisers damage December defeat defenders despite destroyers East Field-Marshal fight fighters fleet France French front German Army Guadalcanal guns Hitler II Corps invasion island Italian Italy Japan Japanese July June Kesselring killed Kriegsmarine landing launched Lieutenant-General losses lost Luftwaffe major Major-General March Marshal miles military Montgomery Mussolini Navy Nonetheless North Africa November October offensive operation Operation Torch ordered Panzer Corps Panzer Division Panzerarmee positions pushed raids reinforcements retreat Rommel Roosevelt Royal Navy Russian September ships South Soviet Stalin Stalingrad submarines success supplies surrender tanks target Tobruk tons took troops U-boats Wehrmacht West XXX Corps