History of the Second World War

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First published in the year after his death in 1970, Liddell Hart's "History of the Second World War" is a classic military tome from one of the best military strategists of his generation. With his distinctive voice, he covers the most famous of all wars with seering insight and authorative knowledge of tactics and strategy. Few have attempted to condense those six bloody years into one volumne, and Liddell's Hart's achievement is a true classic now republished in the Pan Military Strategy Series. "It is a work of great length and great learning, illuminated by flashes of insight ...full of brilliant strategic analysis". (A.J.P. Taylor). "A work of art ...Liddell Hart is not simply a prophet and a critic but a historian of great rank". ("Economist"). Part I THE PRELUDE 1 How War was Precipitated 2 The Opposing Forces at the Outbreak   Part II THE OUTBREAK (1939-1940) 3 The Overrunning of Poland 4 ‘The Phoney War’ 5 The Finnish War   Part III THE SURGE (1940) 6 The Overrunning of Norway 7 The Overrunning of the West 8 The Battle of Britain 9 Counterstroke from Egypt 10 The Conquest of Italian East Africa   Part IV THE SPREAD (1941) 11 The Overrunning of the Balkans and Crete 12 Hitler Turns Against Russia 13 The Invasion of Russia 14 Rommel’s Entry into Africa 15 ‘Crusader’ 16 Upsurge in the Far East 17 Japan’s Tide of Conquest   Part V THE TURN (1942) 18 The Tide Turns in Russia 19 Rommel’s High Tide 20 The Tide Turns in Africa 21 ‘Torch’ 22 The Race for Tunis 23 The Tide Turns in the Pacific 24 The Battle of the Atlantic   Part VI THE EBB (1943) 25 The Clearance of Africa 26 Re-entry into Europe 27 The Invasion of Italy 28 The German Ebb in Russia 29 The Japanese Ebb in the Pacific   Part VII FULL EBB (1944) 30 Capture of Rome and Second Check in Italy 31 The Liberation of France 32 The Liberation of Russia 33 The Crescendo of Bombing 34 The Liberation of the South-west Pacific and Burma 35 Hitler’s Ardennes Counterstroke   Part VIII FINALE (1945) 36 The Sweep from Vistula to Oder 37 The Collapse of Hitler’s Hold on Italy 38 The Collapse of Germany 39 The Collapse of Japan   Part IX EPILOGUE   BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT SUBJECT INDEX GENERAL INDEX CLASSIFIED LIST OF AUTHOR’S BOOKS