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Īs the Allies began to turn the war decisively in their favour. Simultaneously, he also depicts the events of Pearl Harbor, the ensuing events in Asia, the Pacific, North Africa, as well the Holocaust. įollowing which, there is a major shift in focus onto the Eastern Front, detailing Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Moscow, Operation Blau, and the epic Battle of Stalingrad, a conflict which Beevor had previously written about. The perspective then expands to include the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain, and the Balkans Campaign. Interspersed are chapters focusing on the Second Sino-Japanese War along with others building up a description of global events. He begins by detailing Germany's invasion of Poland, Germany's alliance with the Soviet Union, and the invasion of France. Throughout the bulk of the book, Beevor jumps back and forth throughout the different theaters of war. He also discusses the background of the war, including the rise of Nazism in post-World War I Germany, and the formation of alliances with Italy and Japan. In the introduction, Beevor discusses Yang Kyoungjong, a Korean soldier forcibly conscripted by the Kwantung Army, then in turn taken prisoner by the Red Army and the Wehrmacht, eventually being captured by American troops. It ends with the final surrender of Axis forces. The book starts with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, and covers the entire Second World War. Urn:oclc:873201518 Republisher_date 20120409001554 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120407173147 Scanner Second World War is a 2012 narrative history of World War II by the British historian Antony Beevor.

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