Their Finest Hour

by Churchill, Winston

• ISBN13: 9780395410561
• ISBN10: 0395410568
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-05-09
• Publisher: Mariner Books

Summary

The eight uneasy, dangerous months from May to December 1940, as Britain stands isolated and Germany follows its war path.

Author Biography

Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called by historians "the man of the twentieth century." Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-1945), Churchill won the Nobel prize for literature in 1953.

Table of Contents

The Fall of France
The National Coalition	p. 3
The Battle of France: The First Week. Gamelin	p. 25
The Battle of France: The Second Week. Weygand	p. 47
The March to the Sea	p. 66
The Deliverance of Dunkirk	p. 87
The Rush for the Spoils	p. 105
Back to France	p. 122
Home Defence. June	p. 143
The French Agony	p. 157
The Bordeaux Armistice	p. 175
Admiral Darlan and the French Fleet. Oran	p. 197
The Apparatus of Counter-attack. 1940	p. 213
At Bay	p. 225
The Invasion Problem	p. 247
Operation "Sea Lion"	p. 266
Alone
The Battle of Britain	p. 281
The Blitz	p. 301
"London Can Take It"	p. 316
The Wizard War	p. 337
United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases	p. 353
Egypt and the Middle East	p. 369
The Mediterranean Passage	p. 388
September Tensions	p. 403
Dakar	p. 419
Mr. Eden's Mission	p. 438
Relations with Vichy and Spain	p. 449
Mussolini Attacks Greece	p. 470
Lend-Lease	p. 488
Germany and Russia	p. 509
Ocean Peril	p. 525
Desert Victory	p. 538
Appendices
Minutes and Telegrams, May-December 1940	p. 559
Loss by Encmy Action of British, Allied, and Neutral Merchant Tonnage	p. 637
Aircraft Strength--Battle of Britain, 1940	p. 640
Correspondence relating to Dakar between Mr. Churchill and Mr. Menzies	p. 645
List of Operational Code Names	p. 650
List of Abbreviations	p. 651
Index	p. 653
Maps and Diagrams
The Forward Movements, starting May 10	p. 29
The Opposing Forces, May 13	p. 37
German Advances on Successive Days, May 13-17, 1940	p. 41
Situation, Evening May 18	p. 50
Situation, Evening May 22	p. 59
Battle of Arras, May 21-22	p. 63
Situation at Nightfall, May 25	p. 75
Area of Operations, May 1940	p. 78
Situation, May 28	p. 85
Diagrams of Dunkirk Perimeter, May 29-June I	p. 93
The Opposing Forces on the Western Flank, June 5, 1940	p. 132
The German Advance, June 5-9	p. 133
The Last Stand of the French Army, June 1940	p. 170
General Map of Western France	p. 174
State of Readiness of Infantry Divisions	p. 239
Sketch Map of German Invasion Plan	p. 273
Graph of Battle of Britain	p. 298
Disposition of Main Fleets in Mediterranean, June 14, 1940	p. 389
General Map of N.W. France and Belgium	p. 462
Desert Victory, December 1940-January 1941	p. 545
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