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The Second World War

John Keegan ·1989 ·608 pages ·★ 4.5WarBooks rating

Popular History Intermediate Secondary Sources

🇬🇧 British🌍 Multi-Perspective

A single-volume history of the entire war by the most influential military historian of the 20th century.

Why Read This Book

The best single-volume WWII overview. Keegan's thematic structure gives readers a framework chronological accounts miss.

Events Covered

1939 Invasion of Poland Poland 1940 Dunkirk Evacuation Dunkirk, France 1941 Operation Barbarossa Soviet Union 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Oahu, Hawaii 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Stalingrad, USSR 1944 D-Day / Normandy Landings Normandy, France 1945 Fall of Berlin Berlin, Germany

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ISBN: 978-0143035732

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