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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... served as Minister of Labor and Na- tional Service in CHURCHILL'S War cabi- net . An Emergency Powers Act was passed in 1940 which gave Bevin dictato- rial powers to help mobilize manpower . He suspended the 48 - hour week and the right ...
... served as Minister of Labor and Na- tional Service in CHURCHILL'S War cabi- net . An Emergency Powers Act was passed in 1940 which gave Bevin dictato- rial powers to help mobilize manpower . He suspended the 48 - hour week and the right ...
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... served on the Western Front in the summer of 1941. He experi- enced the devastation of the German onslaught and emerged to become a tough Commander . He was given com- mand of the 5th Army outside Moscow and took part in the great ...
... served on the Western Front in the summer of 1941. He experi- enced the devastation of the German onslaught and emerged to become a tough Commander . He was given com- mand of the 5th Army outside Moscow and took part in the great ...
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... served as Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army in its campaigns in Poland , Belgium and France . He was picked out and made Deputy Chief of General Staff to HALDER with the brief to examine the possibilities of an attack on the USSR , and ...
... served as Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army in its campaigns in Poland , Belgium and France . He was picked out and made Deputy Chief of General Staff to HALDER with the brief to examine the possibilities of an attack on the USSR , and ...
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Admiral Air Force aircraft Allied American appointed Commander April Army Group Army Group North arrested attack August Battle Battle of Guadalcanal became bombers bombing Britain British Burma campaign captured carriers Chiang CHIANG Kai-shek Chief of Staff Churchill CHURCHILL'S Commander in Chief Conference Corps December defeat defense Deputy East Europe February Field Marshal Fighter fighting Fleet fought France French Front Gaulle German Army Gestapo given command Goering Guadalcanal Hitler invaded invasion Italy January Japa Japan Japanese July June King Kluge land leader Lieutenant Luftwaffe MacArthur major mand mander March Marshal Sir ment military Moscow Mussolini naval Navy Nazi negotiate North Africa November October offensive officer operations Pacific Panzer Pearl Harbor Philippines Poland President Prime Minister Red Army Rommel Roosevelt Russian sent September served Soviet Special Operations Executive Stalin Stalingrad Stavka Stilwell strategic surrender tion took tried troops USSR Vice-Admiral victory World World War II