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The Second World War: Their Finest Hour

English · Hardback

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@2@For eight grim months Great Britain stood alone as the only European power still carrying on the struggle against Nazi Germany. Eight months in which the Luftwaffe tried and failed to drive the RAF from the skies; eight months in which the Nazi fleet tried to starve Britain into submission. @3@@2@Focusing on the period from May 1940 to the end of the year, THEIR FINEST HOUR embraces Sir Winston Churchill's first days as Prime Minister, France's defeat, British troops' mass evacuation from Dunkirk and the uneasy summer when the enemy was daily expected upon our shores. However, it also features the first gleams of light as the danger of invasion faded and the year closed with Desert Victory.@3@@2@The descriptions of these times and events, both desperate and hopeful, are drawn from the pen of the man who shaped them and who led his people in resistance to every challenge, bringing the period to a close with the first victorious counter-attack.@3@

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Authors Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill
Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.01.2015
 
EAN 9780297609629
ISBN 978-0-297-60962-9
No. of pages 608
Dimensions 163 mm x 243 mm x 43 mm
Series THE SECOND WORLD WAR
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book

HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General

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