Who's who in World War IIJohn Keegan Oxford University Press, 1995 - 182 من الصفحات Who's Who in the Second World War is a completely original view of World War II, as seen from the human, rather than military, viewpoint. This fascinating and authoriative guide assembles the most important and significant characters from amongst the vast array of those involved in this monumental conflict. World War II, unlike World War I, was truly a global conflict, fought in every one of the five continents, and by combatants from every continental region. It was also, as World War I had not been, a conflict of ideologies. As a result its most significant figures have a particular richness and depth, including not only soldiers and statesmen of orthodox background but three dictators of world stature, and a host of politicians, heroes, martyrs, idealists, and traitors. From the British minister Duff Cooper to the dictator Joseph Stalin, from Nancy Fiocca of the French Resistance to Hitler in all his manifestations, every angle of the war is represented in intriguing detail. Each entry conveys not only the salient facts about the life and career of each figure but also the flavor of their individuality. Full of meticulous research and up-to-date scholarship, and including a thorough chronology of the war, Who's Who in the Second World War in an invaluable aid to an understanding of the characters, as well as the action, of the Second World War. |
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... GAULLE as Head of State . Fortunately Darlan was assassinated by a young French monar- chist on Christmas eve 1942 ... Gaulle , General Charles , 1890- 1970 De Gaulle had served as a subal- tern in PÉTAIN's regiment during World War I ...
... GAULLE as Head of State . Fortunately Darlan was assassinated by a young French monar- chist on Christmas eve 1942 ... Gaulle , General Charles , 1890- 1970 De Gaulle had served as a subal- tern in PÉTAIN's regiment during World War I ...
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... Gaulle did not receive recognition from the US until after the Torch land- ings . Even then the US wished to pro- mote GIRAUD as an alternative leader so de Gaulle was forced to co - operate with him until 1943 when de Gaulle forced ...
... Gaulle did not receive recognition from the US until after the Torch land- ings . Even then the US wished to pro- mote GIRAUD as an alternative leader so de Gaulle was forced to co - operate with him until 1943 when de Gaulle forced ...
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... Gaulle as representa- tive of Combat . He could have presented himself as a major rival to de Gaulle but instead gave him his complete loyalty . He was parachuted into France on I January 1942 as de Gaulle's delegate- general and spent ...
... Gaulle as representa- tive of Combat . He could have presented himself as a major rival to de Gaulle but instead gave him his complete loyalty . He was parachuted into France on I January 1942 as de Gaulle's delegate- general and spent ...
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