Richard Overy

1939

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ISBN: 9780141041308
Autorius : Richard Overy
Leidimo metai: 2019
Leidėjas: Penguin
Puslapių skaičius: 176
Leidinio kalba: Anglų
Formatas: Minkšti viršeliai
Formatas: 198×129
Aprašymas
'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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