Bibliograph

December 1941, twelve days that began a world war, Evan Mawdsley

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December 1941, twelve days that began a world war, Evan Mawdsley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-336) and index

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platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

December 1941

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

711045595

Responsibility statement

Evan Mawdsley

Sub title

twelve days that began a world war

Summary

Describes the international events that took place over twelve days in the closing month of 1941, and how these events shaped the course of World War II and the entire twentieth century

Table Of Contents

1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world

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