Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 1178 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780511818639
Content:
Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this is the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and her colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every aspect of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insights into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in other distant parts. In a new edition, with a new preface, A World at Arms remains a classic of global history
Content:
List of maps -- Preface to the new edition -- Preface to the first edition -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: From one war to another -- 2: From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September 1,1939 to May 10,1940 -- 3: World turned upside down -- 4: Expanding conflict, 1940-1941 -- 5: Eastern front and a changing war, June to December,1941 -- 6: Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance; keeping them apart and shifting the balance: December 1941 to November 1942 -- 7: War at sea, 1942-1944, and the blockade -- 8: War in Europe and North Africa 1942-1943: to and from Stalingrad; to and from Tunis -- 9: Home front -- 10: Means of warfare: old and new -- 11: From the spring of 1943 to the summer of 1944 -- 12: Assault on Germany from all sides -- 13: Tensions in both alliances -- 14: Halt on the European fronts -- 15: Final assault on Germany -- 16: War in the Pacific: from Leyte to the Missouri -- Conclusions: Cost and impact of war -- Bibliographic essay -- Notes -- Index
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521853163
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521618267
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Weinberg, Gerhard L. A world at arms Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 0521853168
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521618266
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521853163
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521618267
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Geschichte
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511818639
URL:
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Author information:
Weinberg, Gerhard L. 1928-
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