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The Storm of War

Andrew Roberts

Why did Hitler lose the Second World War, and what choices on both sides decided the outcome?

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Author
Andrew Roberts

Why read it

  • You will question the easy view that Hitler lost only because he was a madman or a strategic fool
  • You will weigh the author's claim that the Holocaust was also a military mistake, tying up railways and draining Germany of workers
  • You will understand how the army's early bargain gave Hitler power and tied the generals to him

Who it is for

  • A history reader wanting one account of every theater of the war
  • A student asking whether German defeat was inevitable
  • Someone who knows the battles but not how they connect

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Prelude
  3. PART I
  4. Onslaught
  5. Four Invasions
  6. Führer Imperator
  7. Last Hope Island
  8. Contesting the Littoral
  9. Kicking in the Door
  10. Tokyo Typhoon
  11. PART II
  12. Climacteric
  13. The Everlasting Shame of Mankind
  14. Five Minutes at Midway
  15. Midnight in the Devil’s Gardens
  16. The Motherland Overwhelms the Fatherland
  17. The Waves of Air and Sea
  18. Up the Wasp-Waist Peninsula
  19. PART III
  20. Retribution
  21. A Salient Reversal
  22. The Cruel Reality
  23. Norman Conquest
  24. Western Approaches
  25. Eastern Approaches
  26. The Land of the Setting Sun
  27. Conclusion

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