The Gathering Storm

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1948 - 724 pagina's
The first in Winston Churchill's monumental six-volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis during World War II.

Told from the unique viewpoint of the former British prime minister, The Gathering Storm is also the story of one nation's heroic role in the fight against tyranny.

Having learned a lesson at Munich they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and it seemed as though the Nazis were unstoppable. What lends this work its tension and power is Churchill's inclusion of primary source material. We are presented with not only Churchill's retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. We listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler's conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia. Together they give a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

The Gathering Storm covers the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the capitulation of Munich, and the entry of Britain into the war. This book makes clear Churchill's feeling that the Second World War was a largely senseless but unavoidable conflict--and shows why Churchill earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, in part because of this awe-inspiring work.

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Chapter
3
Europe 1921After the Peace Treaties
7
LURKING DANGERS
35
IV
47
GERMANY ARMED 19361938
63
AIR PARITY LOST 19341935
99
CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE 1935
121
IX
132
THE FRONT IN FRANCE
421
Diagram of Scheldt Line and MeuseAntwerp Line
432
THE COMBAT DEEPENS
435
Scapa Flow Sinking of H M S Royal Oak
441
THE MAGNETIC MINE
448
THE ACTION OFF THE RIVER PLATE
459
Diagrams illustrating the Action against the Graf Spee
467
Hunting Groups in South Atlantic
473

THE LOADED PAUSE SPAIN 19361937
186
The Hitlerite Aggressions
265
XVII
268
XVIII
289
PRAGUE ALBANIA AND THE POLISH GUARANTEE
305
THE SOVIET ENIGMA
322
ON THE VERGE
341
Chapter
361
THE ADMIRALTY TASK
376
Scapa Flow
385
THE RUIN OF POLAND
395
The German and Polish Concentrations September 1 1939
397
WAR CABINET PROBLEMS
404
XXX
478
Russian Attack on Finland December 1939
486
A DARK NEW YEAR
494
BEFORE THE STORM
512
THE CLASH AT
528
NARVIK
545
TRONDHEIM
557
Narvik
591
THE FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT
593
MISCELLANEOUS
603
E Comparative Output of Firstline Aircraft
619
Plan Catherine
626
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The grandson of the former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill is an author whose books include the best-selling Six Days of War. He was a journalist; former war correspondent; and a member of the British Parliament from 1970-1997.

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