The War in the West: A New History, Volume 2

Name: The War in the West: A New History, Volume 2
Rating: 4.8 (714 reviews)

by James Holland Book 2 in the The War in the West series.

First published 2017

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The second volume begins as Germany invades the Soviet Union and Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor turns the conflict fully global. It follows the Atlantic war, strategic bombing, the Eastern Front, North Africa and the Mediterranean as the Allies begin converting greater resources into sustained military pressure.

Holland examines how shipping, aircraft production, fuel and coalition command affected the battles more decisively than simple comparisons of weapons. By the invasion of Sicily in 1943, Germany remains dangerous but has lost the strategic freedom enjoyed at the start of the war. Allied recovery is presented as an industrial and organisational achievement as well as a series of battlefield victories.

Historical Periods

North African Campaign1940–1943 CE Pearl Harbor1941 CE Soviet Era1922–1991 CE Nazi Germany1933–1945 Allied Invasion of Sicily1943

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Adolf Hitler1889–1945 Joseph Stalin1878–1953 Erwin Rommel1891–1944 Winston Churchill1874–1965 Benito Mussolini1883–1945 Bernard Montgomery1887–1976 Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet1892–1984