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When Britain Saved the West: The Story of 1940
Robin Prior
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Description for When Britain Saved the West: The Story of 1940
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
How Britain, standing alone, persevered in the face of near-certain defeat at the hands of Nazi Germany
From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler’s Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain’s defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time—war diaries, combat reports, Home Security’s daily files, and much more—to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises.
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How Britain, standing alone, persevered in the face of near-certain defeat at the hands of Nazi Germany
From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler’s Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain’s defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time—war diaries, combat reports, Home Security’s daily files, and much more—to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises.
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Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300226430
SKU
V9780300226430
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Ref
99-50
About Robin Prior
Robin Prior is professor of history at Flinders University, Adelaide, and author of six previous books. He lives in Adelaide, Australia.
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