The Second World War: (Bloomsbury Revelations)

"I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office... I was in this second struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty's Government. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with more authority than was possible in my earlier books. I do not describe it as a history, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidence that it is a contribution to history which will be of service to the future." Sir Winston Churchill From the origins of the conflict, the rise of Hitler and the futile attempts at appeasement, through the darkest days of Britain's lone stand against the Axis powers, the great alliances with the USA and Soviet Russia and the triumphs of D Day and the eventual liberation of Europe to the terrible birth of the Cold War under the shadow of nuclear weaponry, this is Winston Churchill's landmark history of World War II. At once a personal account and a magisterial history, The Second World War remains Churchill's literary masterpiece.

Table of Contents:
Extract from Preface to The Gathering Storm Book I: Milestones to Disaster, 1919 - May 10, 1940 I. The Follies of the Victors, 1919-1929 II. Peace At Its Zenith, 1922-1931 III. Adolf Hitler IV. The Locust Years, 1931-1933 V. The Darkening Scene, 1934 VI. Air Parity Lost, 1934-1935 VII. Challenge and Response, 1935 VIII. Sanctions Against Italy, 1935 IX. Hitler Strikes, 1936 X. The Loaded Pause, 1936-1938 XI. Mr Eden At the Foreign Office. His Resignation XII. The Rape of Austria, February 1938 XIII. Czechoslovakia XIV. The Tragedy of Munich XV. Prague, Albania and the Polish Guarantee XVI. On the Verge XVII. Twilight War XVIII. The Admiralty Task XIX. The Front in France XX. Scandinavia. Finland XXI. Norway XXII. The Fall of the Government Book II: Alone, May 10, 1940 - June 22, 1941 I. The National Coalition II. The Battle of France III. The March to the Sea IV. The Deliverance of Dunkirk V. The Rush for the Spoils VI. Back to France VII. Home Defence and the Apparatus of Counter-Attack VIII. The French Agony IX. Admiral Darlan and the French Fleet X. At Bay XI. Operation "Sea Lion" XII. The Battle of Britain XIII. "London Can Take It" XIV. Lend-Lease XV. Desert Victory XVI. The Widening War XVII. The Battle of the Atlantic XVIII. Yugoslavia and Greece XIX. The Desert Flank. Rommel. Tobruk XX. Crete XXI. General Wavell's Final Effort XXII. The Soviet Nemesis Book III: The Grand Alliance, Sunday, December 7 1941 and Onwards I. Our Soviet Ally II. My Meeting with Roosevelt III. Persia and the Desert IV. Pearl Harbour! V. A Voyage Amid World War VI. Anglo-American Accords VII. The Fall of Singapore VIII. The U-Boat Paradise IX. American Naval Victories. The Coral Sea and Midway Island X. "Second Front Now!" XI. My Second Visit to Washington. Tobruk XII. The Vote of Censure XIII. The Eighth Army at Bay XIV. My Journey to Cairo. Changes in Command XV. Moscow: The First Meeting XVI. Moscow: A Relationship Established XVII. Strain and Suspense XVIII. The Battle of Alamein XIX. The Torch Is Lit XX. The Casablanca Conference XXI. Turkey, Stalingrad and Tunis XXII. Italy the Goal Book IV: Triumph and Tragedy: 1943-1945 I. The Capture of Sicily and the Fall of Mussolini II. Synthetic Harbours III. The Invasion of Italy IV. Deadlock in the Mediterranean V. Arctic Convoys VI. Teheran: The Opening VII. Teheran: Crux and Conclusions VIII. Carthage and Marrakesh IX. Marshal Tito: The Greek Torment X. The Anzio Stroke XI. "Overlord" XII. Rome and D-Day XIII. Normandy to Paris XIV. Italy and the Riviera Landing XV. The Russian Victories XVI. Burma XVII. The Battle of Leyte Gulf XVIII. The Liberation of Western Europe XIX. October in Moscow XX. Paris and the Ardennes XXI. Christmas at Athens XXII. Malta and Yalta: Plans for World Peace XXIII. Russia and Poland: The Soviet Promise XXIV. Crossing the Rhine XXV. The Iron Curtain XXVI. The German Surrender XXVII. The Chasm Opens XXVIII. The Atomic Bomb Epilogue: 1945-1957 Index

About the Author :
Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951-1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th Century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. He was awarded the Novel Prize for Literature in 1953.