Churchill, Winston1874-1965creatortextbiographyBiography.mauLondonThe Reprint Society19601949monographiceng

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xvi, 751 pages : maps ; 22 cm.Covers the problems confronted by Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister, the Battle of France, the story of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and the rebuilding of England's Army.The National Coalition -- The Battle of France, the first week. Gamelin -- The Battle of France, the second week. Weygand -- The march to the sea -- The deliverance of Dunkirk -- The rush for the spoils -- Back to France -- Home defense. June -- The French agony -- The Bordeaux armistice -- Admiral Darlan and the French fleet. Oran -- The apparatus of counter-attack -- At bay -- Invasion problem -- Operation Sea Lion -- The Battle of Britain -- The Blitz -- "London can take it" -- The wizard war -- United States destroyers and West Indian bases -- Egypt and the Middle East. 1940 -- The Mediterranean passage -- September tensions -- Dakar -- Mr. Eden's mission -- Relations with Vichy and Spain -- Mussolini attacks Greece -- Lend-lease -- Germany and Russia -- Ocean peril -- Desert victory.Winston S. Churchill.e-uk---Churchill, Winston1874-1965Military leadershipChurchill, Winston1874-1965World War (1939-1945) 1939 - 1945 fast 68246 World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Great BritainPrime ministersGreat BritainBiographyMilitary leadershipPrime ministersGreat BritainD743 .C47 vol. 2940.53 C47fChurchill, Winston, 1874-1965.Boston : Published in association with the Cooperation Pub. Co. [by] Houghton Mifflin, 1949(OCoLC)763953786Churchill, Winston1874-196551002505DLC73020820151023232028.0ocm00396145 eng