The Second World War, Volume 1

Winston Churchill

Henry Holt and Company, 1948 - World War, 1939-1945 - 3057 pages

Churchill's six volume history of World War II-- the definitive work, remarkable both for its sweep and its sense of personal involvement, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature. V. 1. The step-by-step decline into war, with Churchill becoming prime minister as "the tocsin was about to sound". V. 2. The eight uneasy, dangerous months from May to December 1940, as Britain stands isolated and Germany follows its war path. V. 3. The momentous year 1941: the Bismarck is sunk, Hitler marches on Russia, Japan strikes Pearl Harbor, and the Grand Alliance is formed. V. 4. From uninterrupted defeat to almost unbroken success: a year when Rommel is gradually thrown back in North Africa, and in the Pacific the tide turns. V. 5. The drive to victory between June 1943 and July 1944, as the Allies consolidate their achievements, with enormous difficulty and great divergence of opinion. V. 6. From Anglo-American landings in Normandy in June 1944 to the unconditional surrender of Japan in September 1945.

Contents

• Poland defeated October 1939: 15
• Poland partitioned October 1939: 17
• Greater Germany November 1939: 21
• Finland defiant November 1939: 31
• The RussoFinnish war November 1939March 1940: 33
• The Scandinavian cockpit winter 19391940: 44
• The German attack in the West May 1940: 61
• Scandinavia spring 1940 4I 6 The German invasion of western Europe May 1940: 63
• Dunkirk MayJune 1940: 71
• Dunkirk May 1940: 75
• The battle for France June 1940: 85
• The battle for France June 1940: 87
• The fall of France June 1940: 95
• Frances agony Britains resolve JuneJuly 1940: 103
• IO Europe from Norway to Egypt summer 1940: 113
• The battle for Britain AugustSeptember 1940: 117
• The battle of Britain and the Blitz AugustSeptember 1940: 119
• IO The war is won Hitler October 1940: 126
• The Italian invasion of Greece October 1940: 135
• The new order of tyranny Roosevelt winter 19401941: 138
• The widening war JanuaryMarch 1941: 153
• The German conquest of Yugoslavia and Greece April 1941: 165
• Yugoslavia and Greece April 1941: 171
• The evacuation of Attica April 1941: 176
• The fall of Crete war in Africa AprilMay 1941: 177
• Crete May 1941: 183
• Germany and the Middle East June 1941: 189
• Germany and Russia on the eve of war: 193
• The VolgaArchangel line and the BerlinTiflis axis: 195
• The German invasion of Russia June 1941: 198
• The widening war June 1941: 200
• The German invasion of Russia 22 June 1941: 202
• Terror in the East JulyAugust 1941: 212
• The Eastern Front August 1941: 215
• Towards Leningrad Moscow and Kiev September 1941: 222
• The siege of Leningrad October 1941January 1944: 229
• The Eastern Front September and October 1941: 231
• Russia at bay SeptemberOctober 1941: 237
• Deciding the fate of Europe Hitler November 1941: 249
• The battle for Moscow winter 1941: 252
• The limits of German conquest December 1941: 259
• Pearl Harbour December 1941: 264
• The Eastern Front December 1941: 269
• Japan strikes December 1941: 272
• The Japanese Empire and the coming of war December 1941: 273
• The first death camp murder sites and the Eastern Front December: 274
• The South China Sea December 1941: 277
• We are no longer alone Churchill New Year 1942: 286
• The Eastern Front March 1942: 289
• The Bataan Peninsula JanuaryMay 1942: 294
• Global war FebruaryApril 1942: 301
• Soviet partisans 1942: 309
• Death camps deportations air raids and reprisals 1942: 311
• The Eastern Front May 1942: 313
• The spread of resistance and terror summer 1942: 321
• Axis triumphs July 1942: 336
• The German offensive JulyNovember 1942: 342
• Terror in the East July 1942: 344
• Guadalcanal Dieppe El Alamein AugustSeptember 1942: 350
• Stalingrad besieged SeptemberNovember 1942: 356
• Behind the lines in the East winter 19421943: 362
• Stalingrad and Torch SeptemberOctober 1942: 365
• The turn of the tide for the Allies winter 1942: 381
• The Soviet reconquest of the Caucasus and the Don winter 1942: 382
• blueprint for victory January 1943: 390
• The German armies in danger February 1943: 402
• The battle for Tunisia JanuaryMay 1943: 403
• The German retreats FebruaryAugust 1943: 411
• Drive the enemy into the sea Montgomery spring 1943: 417
• The first crack in the Axis Roosevelt summer 1943: 434
• From Tunis to Sicily MayJuly 1943: 437
• The Battle for the Kursk Salient July 1943: 442
• The Eastern Front and the Red Army advance JulyAugust 1943: 454
• Germany and Japan in retreat autumn 1943: 458
• Bleeding to death in the East Goebbels winter 1943 471: 476
• Some execution sites of Soviet prisonersofwar Poles and Jews: 483
• Anzio Cassino Kwajalein JanuaryFebruary 1944: 485
• The Italian Front 19431944: 491
• The Normandy and South of France deception plans: 493
• Big Week air raids 2026 February 1944: 501
• Bombing deportation and mass murder FebruaryMarch: 503
• so Burma 1944: 507
• France I February5 June 1944: 518
• Resistance sabotage and deception spring 1944: 521
• Slavelabour camps in Eastern Silesia 1944: 524
• DDay June 1944: 534
• The Normandy landings 6 June 1944: 535
• The Red Army offensive JuneAugust 1944: 545
• Germany encircled July 1944: 548
• The battles for Poland and France summer 1944: 561
• The Warsaw uprising JulyOctober 1944: 563
• The battle in France JuneSeptember 1944: 569

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Second World War, Volume 1; The Second World War, Winston Churchill
• Author: Winston Churchill
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, 1948
• Length: 3057 pages