TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Andrew
TI  - The storm of war: a new history of the Second World War 
SN  - 9780061228605 (pbk.)
AV  - D 743 R643s 2012
U1  - 940.54 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper Perennial
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945
KW  - Campañas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Onslaught. Four invasions : September 1939-April 1940 ; Führer imperator : May-June 1940 ; Last Hope Island : June 1940-June 1941 ; Contesting the Littoral : September 1939-June 1942 ; Kicking in the door : June-December 1941 ; Tokyo typhoon : December 1941-May 1942 -- Climacteric. The everlasting shame of mankind : 1939-1945 ; Five minutes at Midway : June 1942-October 1944 ; Midnight in the devil's gardens : July 1942-May 1943 ; The motherland overwhelms the fatherland : January 1942-February 1943 ; The waves of air and sea : 1939-1945 ; Up the wasp-waist peninsula : July 1943-May 1945 -- Retribution. A salient reversal : March-August 1943 ; The cruel reality : 1939-1945 ; Norman conquest : June-August 1944 ; Western approaches : August 1944-March 1945 ; Eastern approaches : August 1943-May 1945 ; The land of the setting sun : October 1944-September 1945
N2  - A comprehensive history of World War II analyzes the factors that affected the war's outcome and presents stories of many little-known individuals whose experiences displayed the epitome of courage and self-sacrifice
ER  -