1939
ISBN: 9780141041308
Author : Richard Overy
Published: 2019
Publisher: Penguin
Number of pages: 176
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 198×129
Author : Richard Overy
Published: 2019
Publisher: Penguin
Number of pages: 176
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 198×129
Description
'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace ... indispensable' M. R. D. Foot, The TimesRichard 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.
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