Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War

by P. M. H. Bell

• ISBN13: 9780300187700
• ISBN10: 030018770X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-10-30
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

The Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbor. Stalingrad. D-Day. These defining events of the Second World War exemplify both the immense heroism and the grievous costs of global conflict. They are the tense, thrilling, moments that had the potential to change the course of the war, and history. In this gripping book, historian Philip Bell analyses twelve unique turning points that determined the character and the ultimate outcome of the Second World War. Book jacket.

Author Biography

P. M. H. Bell was Reader in history at the University of Liverpool and is the author of many books, including The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. He lives in Surrey, England.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. viii
List of Maps	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Hitler's Triumph: The Collapse of France, May-June 1940	p. 1
'Finest Hour': The Battle of Britain, July-September 1940	p. 21
Operation Barbarossa: The German Attack on the Soviet Union, 1941	p. 41
Pearl Harbor, December 1941: The War Becomes a World War	p. 59
The Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942	p. 81
The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942-Febraary 1943	p. 95
Convoys and Wolf Packs: Decision in the Atlantic, March-May 1943	p. 109
'The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force': The Battle of the Factories	p. 130
The Teheran Conference, 28 November-1 December 1943: Turning Point for The Grand Alliance	p. 147
D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, June-July 1944	p. 166
'A Fateful Conference': Yalta, 4-11 February 1945	p. 188
The Defeat of Japan and the Atomic Bombs, 1945	p. 210
Conclusion	p. 231
Notes	p. 236
Further Reading	p. 247
Index	p. 252
Acknowledgements	p. 265
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