A world at arms: a global history of World War II

The 1st general history of World War Two to be based on existing literature and on extensive work in British, American & German archives.

  • OCLC #: 26974889
  • ISBN #:
    • 0521443172
    • 9780521443173
    • 0521558794
    • 9780521558792
    • 0521618266 (pbk.)
    • 9780521618267 (pbk.)
  • Call #: D743.W424 1994
  • Personal Collection:
    • Commemorate Their Service in honor of Gerhard Weinberg, U.S. Army
  • Publisher: Cambridge [England] ;New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  • Physical Description: xix, 1178 pages : maps ; 25 cm
  • Contents:
    • From one war to another
    • From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September 1, 1939 to May 10, 1940
    • The world turned upside down
    • The expanding conflict, 1940-1941
    • The Eastern Front and a changing war, June to December, 1941
    • Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance; keeping them apart and shifting the balance: December 1941 to November 1942
    • The war at sea, 1942-1944, and the blockade
    • The war in Europe and North Africa 1942-1943: to and from Stalingrad; to and from Tunis
    • The home front
    • Means of warfare: old and new
    • From the spring of 1943 to summer 1944
    • The assault on Germany from all sides
    • Tensions in both alliances
    • The halt on the European fronts
    • The final assault on Germany
    • The war in the Pacific: from Leyte to the Missouri
    • Conclusions: the cost and impact of war.
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