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Informationen zum Autor Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951-1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th Century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. He was awarded the Novel Prize for Literature in 1953. Klappentext "I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office... I was in this second struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty's Government. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with more authority than was possible in my earlier books. I do not describe it as a history, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidence that it is a contribution to history which will be of service to the future." Sir Winston Churchill From the origins of the conflict, the rise of Hitler and the futile attempts at appeasement, through the darkest days of Britain's lone stand against the Axis powers, the great alliances with the USA and Soviet Russia and the triumphs of D Day and the eventual liberation of Europe to the terrible birth of the Cold War under the shadow of nuclear weaponry, this is Winston Churchill's landmark history of World War II. At once a personal account and a magisterial history, The Second World War remains Churchill's literary masterpiece. Vorwort At the same time a personal account from Britain's greatest war-time leader and a history of World War II, this is Winston Churchill's literary masterpiece. Zusammenfassung "I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office... I was in this second struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty's Government. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with more authority than was possible in my earlier books. I do not describe it as a history, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidence that it is a contribution to history which will be of service to the future." Sir Winston Churchill From the origins of the conflict, the rise of Hitler and the futile attempts at appeasement, through the darkest days of Britain's lone stand against the Axis powers, the great alliances with the USA and Soviet Russia and the triumphs of D Day and the eventual liberation of Europe to the terrible birth of the Cold War under the shadow of nuclear weaponry, this is Winston Churchill's landmark history of World War II. At once a personal account and a magisterial history, The Second World War remains Churchill's literary masterpiece. Inhaltsverzeichnis Extract from Preface to The Gathering StormBook I: Milestones to Disaster, 1919 - May 10, 1940I. The Follies of the Victors, 1919-1929II. Peace At Its Zenith, 1922-1931III. Adolf HitlerIV. The Locust Years, 1931-1933V. The Darkening Scene, 1934VI. Air Parity Lost, 1934-1935VII. Challenge and Response, 1935VIII. Sanctions Against Italy, 1935IX. Hitler Strikes, 1936X. The Loaded Pause, 1936-1938XI. Mr Eden At the Foreign Office. His ResignationXII. The Rape of Austria, February 1938XIII. CzechoslovakiaXIV. The Tragedy of MunichXV. Prague, Albania and the Polish GuaranteeXVI. On the VergeXVII. Twilight WarXVIII. The Admiralty TaskXIX. The Front in FranceXX. Scandinavia. FinlandXXI. NorwayXXII. The Fall of the GovernmentBook II: Alone, May 10, 1940 - June 22, 1941I. The National CoalitionII. The Battle of FranceIII. The March to the SeaIV. The Deliverance of DunkirkV. The Rush for the SpoilsVI. Back to FranceVII. Home Defence and the Apparatus of Counter-AttackVIII. The French AgonyIX. Admiral Darlan and the French FleetX. At BayXI. Operation "Sea Lion"XII. The Battle of BritainXIII. "London Can Take It"XIV. Lend-LeaseXV. Desert VictoryXVI. The Widening WarXVII. The...
