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Stanje: | Polovan bez oštećenja |
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ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1950
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
U dobrom stanju, prvo izdanje (UK)
The Second World War. Volume 3, The Grand Alliance.
Good. 1950. First Edition. 818 pages. Grey jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white maps throughout.
Volume III.
Publisher : Cassell; 1st Edition (January 1, 1950)
Language : English
Hardcover : 834 pages
ISBN-10 : 1299318983
ISBN-13 : 978-1299318984
Item Weight : 2.03 pounds
IN THIS THIRD volume Mr. Churchill carries his personal story of the Second World War through 1941: a year of momentous events.
‘I cannot recall any period,’ he writes, ‘when the stresses (of the war) and the onset of so many problems all at once or in rapid succession bore more directly on me and my colleagues than the first half of 1941.’
Beginning with the sunshine of desert victory, the sky was soon dulled by the clouds gathering over Greece, and darkened by the ensuing disasters there, in Crete, and in the Western desert. Yet through the shadows came sudden shafts of light; the Bismarck was caught and sunk in May; Hitler marched upon Russia in June ; the Prime Minister and the President of the United States held their first meeting in July, and before the year was out Japan had struck at Pearl Harbour. Through twelve months of bitter struggle, still at first alone, Britain’s slender resources had been juggled to meet the blows which rained upon her—in success and defeat alike the ranks were closed and the struggle continued. But by the end of the year, and of this volume, the design of victory had been drawn: the Grand Alliance had begun.
Though there is much drama in this volume—the heroic and so-nearly successful defence of Crete, and the hunting of the Bismarck are both unforgettable epics, its chief interest for the reader will most probably be the mass of documents and information, given by Mr. Churchill for the first time, which show how, step by arduous, hard-fought, and often unseen and undramatic step, Britain’s account was drawn out of the red and her final victory, with her new Allies, assured.