Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,80 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393320107
Historian Ambrose studies the political and military aspects of Eisenhower's decision to leave Berlin to the Russian army in the waning days of the European War.
Author : Jason Lantzer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 3111327612
Dwight Eisenhower’s encounter with the Holocaust altered how he understood the Second World War and shaped how he led the United States and the Western Alliance during the Cold War. This book is the first to blend scholarship on Eisenhower, World War II, and the Holocaust together, constructing a narrative that offers new insights into all three, all while uncovering the story of how he became among the first to vow that such atrocities would never again be allowed to happen. From the moment he stepped foot in the concentration camp Ohrdruf in April 1945, defeating Nazi Germany took on a moral hue for Eisenhower that had largely been absent before. It spurred the belief that totalitarianism in all its forms needed to be confronted. This conviction shaped his presidency and solidified American engagement in the postwar world. Putting these pieces of the story together alters how we view and understand the second half of the twentieth century.
Author : P. M. H. Bell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 15,80 MB
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1317865243
PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict. Written in a lucid, accessible style, this is an indispensable guide to the complex origins of the Second World War.
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 32,52 MB
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393097306
Attempts to explain Eisenhower's decision to halt the Anglo-American forces at the Elbe and leave Berlin to the Russians
Author : United States. Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 26,72 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Military research
ISBN :
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1472811445
As the final month of fighting in Europe in 1945 dawned the Allies embarked upon a series of mopping up operations, destroying the last centres of German resistance as the essentially defeated Wehrmacht fought on in increasingly desperate conditions, driven on by the explicit no surrender order issued by Hitler. Yet at the same time, the Allied alliance was already on shaky ground, as German resistance was crushed the Allies began to eye each other nervously across a battletorn Europe, with the politically driven military decisions to have a huge impact on the future of the continent. This book traces the final operations of the war, from the liberation of Denmark, the Allied drive towards the Baltic straits, incursions in Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and engagements in Eastern and Western Germany, whilst also analyzing how the Allied strategies in the final days of the war were a hint of the future difficulties that would drive the Cold War.
Author : S. M. Plokhy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1101189924
A major new history of the eight days in February 1945 when FDR, Churchill, and Stalin decided the fate of the world Imagine you could eavesdrop on a dinner party with three of the most fascinating historical figures of all time. In this landmark book, a gifted Harvard historian puts you in the room with Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt as they meet at a climactic turning point in the war to hash out the terms of the peace. The ink wasn't dry when the recriminations began. The conservatives who hated Roosevelt's New Deal accused him of selling out. Was he too sick? Did he give too much in exchange for Stalin's promise to join the war against Japan? Could he have done better in Eastern Europe? Both Left and Right would blame Yalta for beginning the Cold War. Plokhy's conclusions, based on unprecedented archival research, are surprising. He goes against conventional wisdom-cemented during the Cold War- and argues that an ailing Roosevelt did better than we think. Much has been made of FDR's handling of the Depression; here we see him as wartime chief. Yalta is authoritative, original, vividly- written narrative history, and is sure to appeal to fans of Margaret MacMillan's bestseller Paris 1919.
Author :
Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 075705160X
*** OVER 210,000 WEST POINT MILITARY HISTORY SERIES SETS IN PRINT *** From the prewar development of the German war machine to the ultimate victory of the Allied coalition, here is an in-depth analysis of the battles that raged on the Western and Eastern Fronts. It examines the major strategies, the innovative tactics, and the new generation of weapons—along with the people who used them.
Author : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 26,93 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1135959706
This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.
Author : Peter R. Mansoor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1107136024
A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.
