'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.
| ISBN: | 9780141041308 |
| Publication date: | 29th April 2010 |
| Author: | R J Overy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 158 pages |
| Genres: |
Second World War Modern warfare European history |
'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.
1939 features in the following genres: Second World War, Modern warfare, European history
1939 is available in Paperback
1939 was written by R J Overy and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
1939 has 158 pages
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