Inferno : the world at war, 1939-1945

Hastings, Max. (Author). Hastings, Max. All hell let loose. (Added Author).

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World War, 1939-1945.

ISBN: 0307273598
ISBN: 9780307273598
Physical Description xx, 729 pages : illustrations, maps
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

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General Note:	"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. Originally published in Great Britain as: All hell let loose.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-699) and index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	LSC 39.55

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Inferno : The World at War, 1939-1945

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Inferno : The World at War, 1939-1945

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	List of Illustrations	p. ix
	List of Maps	p. xiii
	Introduction	p. xv
Chapter 1	Poland Betrayed	p. 3
Chapter 2	No Peace, Little War	p. 26
Chapter 3	Blitzkriegs in the West	p. 43
1	Norway	p. 43
2	The Fall of France	p. 52
Chapter 4	Britain Alone	p. 77
Chapter 5	The Mediterranean	p. 102
1	Mussolini Gambles	p. 102
2	A Greek Tragedy	p. 113
3	Sandstorms	p. 121
Chapter 6	Barbarossa	p. 137
Chapter 7	Moscow Saved, Leningrad Starved	p. 162
Chapter 8	America Embattled	p. 180
Chapter 9	Japan's Season of Triumph	p. 198
1	"I Suppose You'll Shove the Little Men Off"	p. 198
2	The "White Route" from Burma	p. 214
Chapter 10	Swings of Fortune	p. 224
1	Bataan	p. 224
2	The Coral Sea and Midway	p. 232
3	Guadalcanal and New Guinea	p. 249
Chapter 11	The British at Sea	p. 264
1	The Atlantic	p. 264
2	Arctic Convoys	p. 279
3	The Ordeal of Pedestal	p. 288
Chapter 12	The Furnace: Russia in 1942	p. 293
Chapter 13	Living with War	p. 316
1	Warriors	p. 316
2	Home Fronts	p. 328
3	A Woman's Place	p. 342
Chapter 14	Out of Africa	p. 351
Chapter 15	The Bear Turns: Russia in 1943	p. 369
Chapter 16	Divided Empires	p. 387
1	Whose Liberty?	p. 387
2	The Raj: Unfinest Hour	p. 404
Chapter 17	Asian Fronts	p. 414
1	China	p. 414
2	Jungle Bashing and Island Hopping	p. 419
Chapter 18	Italy: High Hopes, Sour Fruits	p. 427
1	Sicily	p. 427
2	The Road to Rome	p. 436
3	Yugoslavia	p. 449
Chapter 19	War in the Sky	p. 455
1	Bombers	p. 455
2	Targets	p. 464
Chapter 20	Victims	p. 480
1	Masters and Slaves	p. 480
2	Killing Jews	p. 490
Chapter 21	Europe Becomes a Battlefield	p. 508
Chapter 22	Japan: Defying Fate	p. 540
Chapter 23	Germany Besieged	p. 557
Chapter 24	The Fall of the Third Reich	p. 577
1	Budapest: In the Eye of the Storm	p. 577
2	Eisenhower's Advance to the Elbe	p. 584
3	Berlin: The Last Battle	p. 592
Chapter 25	Japan Prostrate	p. 611
Chapter 26	Victors and Vanquished	p. 630
	Acknowledgements	p. 653
	Notes and References	p. 655
	Bibliography	p. 691
	Index	p. 701

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