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'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace ... indispensable' M. R. D. Foot, The Times
Richard Overy's 1939: Countdown to War re-creates hour-by-hour the last desperate attempts to salvage peace before the outbreak of World War Two.
24 August 1939: The fate of the world is hanging in the balance. Hitler has ambitions to invade Poland and hopes Stalin will now help him. The West must try to stop him. Nothing was predictable or inevitable. The West hoped that Hitler would see sense if they stood firm. Hitler was convinced the West would back down. And both sides acted knowing that they risked being plunged into a war that might spell the end the end of European civilization.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780141041308
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:176
Uitgever:Penguin Books Ltd
Thema:
1D Europa
3MP 20e eeuw, ca. 1900 tot ca. 1999
3MPBG Interbellum ca. 1919 tot ca. 1939
3MPBL Ca. 1940 tot ca. 1949
3MPBLB Tweede Wereldoorlog (ca. 1939 - ca. 1945)
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