Bibliograph

Inferno, the world at war, 1939-1945, Max Hastings

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Label

Inferno, the world at war, 1939-1945, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraitsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inferno

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

763181172

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

the world at war, 1939-1945

Summary

A monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II, and its deeply personal consequences. Hastings simultaneously traces the major developments and puts them into real human context. He also explores some of the darker and less explored regions of the war's penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland; and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944

Table Of Contents

Poland betrayed -- No peace, little war -- Blitzkriegs in the west -- Britain alone -- The Mediterranean -- Barbarossa -- Moscow saved, Leningrad starved -- America embattled -- Japan's season of triumph -- Swings of fortune -- The British at sea -- The furnace: Russia in 1942 -- Living with war -- Out of Africa -- The bear turns: Russia in 1943 -- Divided empires -- Asian fronts -- Italy: high hopes, sour fruits -- War in the sky -- Victims -- Europe becomes a battlefield -- Japan: defying fate -- Germany besieged -- The fall of the Third Reich -- Japan prostrate -- Victors and vanquished

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