The war: a concise history, 1939-1945

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  • OCLC #: 964796
  • Call #: D743.S58 1960
  • Personal Collection:
    • Maj. Gen. William P. Levine Collection.
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: New York : Julian Messner, [1960]
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 579 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
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  • Contents:
    • pt. 1, Prelude: The road to war:
    • The altar of Mars
    • From Manchuria to Anschluss: stages of Axis aggression
    • The immediate causes;
    • pt. 2, Furor teutonicus: Hitler's days of glory:
    • The issues joined: Hitler strikes
    • From Sitzkrieg to Blitzkrieg: the collapse of France
    • Their finest hour: Britain stands alone
    • Lifeline Neptune: war on the seas
    • The struggle for the Mediterranean
    • Fissure: Germany attacks Russia
    • The United States: arsenal of democracy;
    • pt. 3, Paladin: the allies on the defensive:
    • The rising sun of Japan
    • The United States at war
    • New world of the triumphant axis;
    • pt. 4, Phoenix: turn of the tide:
    • The United States halts Japan
    • Outwitting the Desert Fox
    • The pendulum swings in Russia;
    • pt. 5, Crusade: smashing the axis:
    • Coalition: blueprints for victory
    • The Sicilian and Italian campaigns
    • The setting sun of Japan;
    • pt. 6, Feu de Joie: triumph of the United Nations:
    • The assault on fortress Europe
    • Closing the trap on Hitler
    • Finis Germaniae: victory in the west
    • Cracking the inner defenses of Japan
    • Victory in the east;
    • pt. 7, Epilogue:
    • Aftermath.