Never Surrender - Winston Churchill Britain s Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in

Drawing on the War Cabinet papers, other government documents, private diaries, newspaper accounts, and memoirs,Never Surrender tells the story of summer of 1940, the summer of the ''Supreme Question'' of whether or not the British were to surrender to the impending threat of Hitler''s invasion. The events, individuals, and institutions that influenced the War Cabinet''s deliberations offer a panoramic view of the summer of 1940. Impressive in scope but attentive to detail, Kelly takes readers from the battlefield to Parliament, to the government ministries, to the British high command, to the desperate Anglo-French conference in Paris and London, to the American embassy in London, and to life with the ordinary Britons. Bringing vividly to life one of the most heroic moments of the twentieth century and intimately portraying some of its largest players - Churchill, Lord Halifax, FDR, Joe Kennedy, Hitler, Stalin and others - Never Surrenderis a character-driven narrative of a crucial period in World War II history and the men and women who shaped it.

Product details

• Authors: John Kelly
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.10.2016
• EAN: 9781471128745
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-2874-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater