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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... October 1942 he was sent to the Desert Front in com- mand of the US 9th Air Force and made a valuable contribution to the end of the Tunisian campaign . In October 1943 he was transferred to the UK to build up the 9th into a formidable ...
... October 1942 he was sent to the Desert Front in com- mand of the US 9th Air Force and made a valuable contribution to the end of the Tunisian campaign . In October 1943 he was transferred to the UK to build up the 9th into a formidable ...
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... October 1939 in which he spoke of France's intention to fight Germany . His government also pre- pared to help the Finns in October 1939 . The French people lost confidence in Daladier because of his indecisiveness as witnessed by the ...
... October 1939 in which he spoke of France's intention to fight Germany . His government also pre- pared to help the Finns in October 1939 . The French people lost confidence in Daladier because of his indecisiveness as witnessed by the ...
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... October 1944 Halsey's fleet was off the coast of Leyte guarding the San Ber- nardino Strait . He was determined to get a crack at destroying the Japanese carrier fleet and waited for a sighting . When he was given the position of Vice ...
... October 1944 Halsey's fleet was off the coast of Leyte guarding the San Ber- nardino Strait . He was determined to get a crack at destroying the Japanese carrier fleet and waited for a sighting . When he was given the position of Vice ...
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