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Tables of Contents for Teach Yourself The Second World War
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
01 the origins
1
19
the Versailles Settlement
2
3
troubled peace 1919-33
5
5
the coming of war 1937-9
10
8
conclusion
18
2
02 blitzkrieg
20
17
the conquest of Poland
21
3
the phoney war
24
4
the defeat of France
28
8
conclusion
36
1
03 Britain alone
37
18
the Battle of Britain
38
7
the search for allies
45
2
Italy at war
47
3
the Balkans and the east Mediterranean
50
3
conclusion
53
2
04 Operation Barbarossa
55
16
why did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa?
56
6
Operation Barbarossa June-July 1941
62
3
Operation Barbarossa August 1941-January 1942
65
4
conclusion
69
2
05 Pearl Harbor
71
12
Japanese expansion 1931-9
72
3
Japanese-American relations
75
1
US policy 1940-1
76
2
Pearl Harbor
78
3
conclusion
81
2
06 the turning of the tide
83
19
Japanese expansion 1941-2
84
7
the war in North Africa 1941-2
91
5
the Eastern Front 1942-3
96
4
conclusion
100
2
07 Axis retreat 1943-4
102
18
North Africa 1943
103
2
the invasions of Sicily and Italy
105
5
Russia 1943-4
110
5
the Pacific 1943-4
115
3
conclusion
118
2
08 resistance and collaboration
120
12
Hitler's New Order'
121
3
barbarism in eastern Europe
124
1
resistance in Europe
125
5
the 'New Order' in Asia
130
1
conclusion
131
1
09 the Holocaust
132
17
Nazi treatment of Jews 1933-41
134
3
genocide
137
5
who was to blame?
142
5
conclusion
147
2
10 war at sea and in the air
149
16
the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-42
150
4
Allied victory in the Atlantic 1943-5
154
3
the strategic bombing of Germany
157
1
strategic bombing 1939-42
158
2
the combined bomber offensive 1943-5
160
3
conclusion
163
2
11 German defeat 1944-5
165
16
D-Day
166
6
the Western Front September 1944-January 1945
172
3
Operation Bagration
175
2
the end of the Third Reich
177
3
conclusion
180
1
12 the defeat of Japan 1944-5
181
12
Burma and China 1944-5
182
1
the Marianas and the Philippines 1944-5
183
5
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
188
1
Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Japanese surrender
189
3
conclusion
192
1
13 why did the Allies win?
193
18
national morale
194
3
resources
197
4
technology
201
3
intelligence and deception
204
1
leadership
205
2
co-operation
207
3
conclusion
210
1
14 consequences
211
14
the cost of the war
212
3
peace (and war)
215
3
some results of the war
218
5
the Axis powers
223
1
conclusion
223
2
glossary
225
4
taking it further
229
6
index
235