Triumph and tragedy

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Title:

Triumph and tragedy

Author:

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

ISBN:

9780395410608

Publication Information:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1985], c1953.

Physical Description:

xxii, 716 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Series:

Second World War (1985) ;

General Note:

Includes index.

Personal Subject:

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- History -- 1918-1945.

Summary:

Chronicles the events that took place between the Anglo-American landings in Normandy in June 1944 and the unconditional surrender of Japan in September 1945.

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The final volume of Winston Churchill's six-volume history of World War II, this account covers the events leading to the unconditional surrender of Japan.

Winston Churchill's history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring, compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Triumph and Tragedy recounts the dramatic months as the war drew to a close--the Normandy landings, the liberation of Western Europe, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the surrender of Germany and Japan.

Author Notes

The grandson of the former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill is an author whose books include the best-selling Six Days of War. He was a journalist; former war correspondent; and a member of the British Parliament from 1970-1997.

Book I The Tide of Victory
Chapter I D Day	p. 3
Chapter II Normandy to Paris	p. 15
Chapter III The Pilotless Bombardment	p. 34
Chapter IV Attack on the South of France?	p. 50
Chapter V Balkan Convulsions. The Russian Victories	p. 63
Chapter VI Italy and the Riviera Landing	p. 75
Chapter VII Rome. The Greek Problem	p. 92
Chapter VIII Alexander's Summer Offensive	p. 104
Chapter IX The Martyrdom of Warsaw	p. 113
Chapter X The Second Quebec Conference	p. 129
Chapter XI Advance in Burma	p. 143
Chapter XII The Battle of Leyte Gulf	p. 153
Chapter XIII The Liberation of Western Europe	p. 165
Chapter XIV Prelude to a Moscow Visit	p. 180
Chapter XV October in Moscow	p. 197
Chapter XVI Paris	p. 213
Chapter XVII Counter-stroke in the Ardennes	p. 229
Chapter XVIII British Intervention in Greece	p. 247
Chapter XIX Christmas at Athens	p. 267
Book II The Iron Curtain
Chapter XX Preparations for a New Conference	p. 287
Chapter XXI Yalta: Plans for World Peace	p. 302
Chapter XXII Russia and Poland: The Soviet Promise	p. 319
Chapter XXIII Yalta: Finale	p. 340
Chapter XXIV Crossing the Rhine	p. 353
Chapter XXV The Polish Dispute	p. 367
Chapter XXVI Soviet Suspicions	p. 386
Chapter XXVII Western Strategic Divergences	p. 399
Chapter XXVIII The Climax: Roosevelt's Death	p. 412
Chapter XXIX Growing Friction with Russia	p. 424
Chapter XXX The Final Advance	p. 440
Chapter XXXI Alexander's Victory in Italy	p. 454
Chapter XXXII The German Surrender	p. 463
Chapter XXXIII An Uneasy Interlude	p. 480
Chapter XXXIV The Chasm Opens	p. 495
Chapter XXXV The End of the Coalition	p. 508
Chapter XXXVI A Fateful Decision	p. 520
Chapter XXXVII The Defeat of Japan	p. 532
Chapter XXXVIII Potsdam: The Atomic Bomb	p. 545
Chapter XXXIX Potsdam: The Polish Frontiers	p. 560
Chapter XL The End of My Account	p. 578
Appendices
A. List of Abbreviations	p. 587
B. List of Code-Names	p. 588
C. Prime Minister's Directives, Personal Minutes, and Telegrams, June 1944-July 1945	p. 589
D. The Attack on the South of France	p. 656
E. Monthly Totals of Shipping Losses, British, Allied, and Neutral, June 1944-August 1945	p. 665
F. Prime Minister's Victory Broadcast, May 13, 1945	p. 666
G. The Battle of the Atlantic: Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boat: The Last Phase	p. 674
H. Ministerial Appointments, June 1944-May 1945	p. 675
Index	p. 679
Maps and Diagrams
North-West Europe	p. 22
Normandy	p. 29
Operations on the Russian Front, June 1944-January 1945	p. 73
Northern Italy	p. 77
"Anvil"	p. 89
Burma, July 1944-January 1945	p. 151
Battle for Leyte Gulf, Philippines: Approach and Contact, October 22-24, 1944	p. 158
Battle for Leyte Gulf: The Decisive Phase, October 25, 1944	p. 160
Battle for Leyte Gulf: The Pursuit, October 26-27, 1944	p. 162
The South-West Pacific	p. 163
The Pursuit	p. 169
South Holland	p. 173
The Gothic Line	p. 193
The Frontier Regions	p. 232
Rundstedt's Counter-Offensive	p. 246
Greece	p. 281
Crossing the Rhine	p. 355
The Northern Crossing	p. 358
Occupation Zones in Germany, as Agreed at Quebec, September 1944	p. 438
The Invasion of Germany	p. 454
The Battle of the River Po	p. 457
Merchant Vessel Losses by U-boat, January 1940-April 1945	p. 473
The Withdrawal of the Western Allies, July 1945	p. 526
Central Burma	p. 537
The Last Phase in the Pacific War	p. 542
Occupation Zones in Germany and Austria, as Finally Adopted, July 1945	p. 566
The Frontiers of Central Europe	p. 678

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