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1942: on the Offensive by John Christopher
$45.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: The Second World War in Photographs
1942 was the turning point of the war. In the words of Winston Churchill, it was 'not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.' In the Pacific the Japanese had been soundly defeated at the Battle of Midway, with the loss of four valuable and irrepl ...Show more
1943: the Turning Point by Christopher John
$45.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: The Second World War in Photographs
1943 saw the Allies on the offensive, with victories in North Africa followed by the invasion of Sicily and landings in Italy establishing a foothold on mainland Europe, while on the Eastern Front the Red Army was making gains, and in the Pacific the Japanese-held islands were falling. The change in the ...Show more
1944: the Second World War in Photographs by Christopher John
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Category: No Category | Series: The Second World War in Photographs
1944 saw the largest seaborne invasion ever staged in Operation Overlord. The Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, opened the way for the thrust into the occupied countries of northern Europe, in particular France, with the Allies liberating Paris in August. This was the fir ...Show more
1944: the Second World War in the Air in Photographs by Archard Louis
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Category: No Category | Series: The Second World War in the Air in Photographs
On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. It was the start of a conflict that would erupt over every continent, see the deaths of tens of millions of people, much of central Europe destroyed, the development of jets, ballistic missiles and computers as well as the atomic bomb. 1944 saw the invasion ...Show more
1945: the Second World War in the Air in Photographs by Archard Louis
$47.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: The Second World War in the Air in Photographs
On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. It was the start of a conflict that would erupt over every continent, see the deaths of tens of millions of people, much of central Europe destroyed, the development of jets, ballistic missiles and computers as well as the atomic bomb. 1945 saw the bomber off ...Show more
Closing the Ring: The Second World War Volume 5 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
$32.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The Second World War S.
Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is ...Show more
The Gathering Storm: The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The Second World War S.
Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is ...Show more
The Grand Alliance: The Second World War Volume 3 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
$32.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The Second World War S.
Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is ...Show more
The Second World War by Winston Churchill
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Category: Not a Book | Series: The\Second World War Ser.
"I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the twosupreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office... I was in thissecond struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty'sGovernment. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with moreauthority than wa ...Show more
The Second World War: Closing the Ring: Volume V by Winston Churchill
$59.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: History of the Second World war
CLOSING THE RING covers the decisive 12 months between June 1943 and June 1944. Command of the seas had returned to Allied hands, the U-boats were mastered and the Luftwaffe beaten. These achievements made possible the 'closing of the ring' which was to extinguish Axis resistance and eventually end the ...Show more
The Second World War: Triumph and Tragedy: Volume VI by Winston Churchill
$59.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: History of the Second World war
Concluding Sir Winston Churchill's narrative of the Second World War, TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY spans the period from the D-Day landings of June 1944 to the surrender of all Allied enemies 14 months later. In this period, Nazi Germany was crushed, partitioned and occupied; Soviet Russia established herself in ...Show more
The Second World War: the Grand Alliance: Volume III by Winston Churchill
$59.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: History of the Second World war
Dealing with war on a giant scale, THE GRAND ALLIANCE focuses on events as Britain, after fighting a desperate battle alone, was joined in the struggle against the enemy by Soviet Russia and the United Sates. Hitler's invasion of Russia brought to an end a period of almost exactly a year during which Br ...Show more