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The End of the Beginning

Door Tim Clayton e.a.

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#380519-UC4
Titel	The End of the Beginning
Auteur	Clayton, Tim & Phil Craig
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Hodder & Stoughton
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0340766808
ISBN13	9780340766804
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original burgundy boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	1942 - British troops are stranded in the desert, struggling to hold back Rommel's Afrika Corps. Hitler's armies have reached Moscow, and there are murmurs of discontent at home as new doubts emerge about Churchill's leadership. Elsewhere in Europe there is chilling evidence of the mounting persecution of the Jews, stretching from Poland to the Channel Islands. For many, it seems there is little hope. The authors use the personal testimony of ordinary people to tell the story of the war at a moment of great crisis. In this book we meet again some of the people first encountered in the authors' previous title "Finest Hour", and get to know many more. Troops fighting for Montgomery in the desert, RAF pilots bombing German towns, a young Jewish woman deported to Auschwitz from Guern... (Lees verder)sey, the reality of the Home Front - these stories and many more painting a picture of human endeavour in time of war. And, 60 years on from the Battle of Alamein, the book tells the contorversial truth about one of the most famous battles in history - the importance of its lesser-know predecessor and the months of bitter in-fighting between the Allied generals. The authors aim to debunk the myths and explore the realities of a crucial year in the history of Britain.
Pagina's	438
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 9,00

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