TY - BOOK AU - Weinberg,Gerhard L. TI - A world at arms: a global history of World War II SN - 0521443172 AV - D743 .W424 1994 U1 - 940.54 22 PY - 1994/// CY - Cambridge [Eng.], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Tweede Wereldoorlog KW - gtt KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - HISTORY KW - unbist KW - WORLD WAR (1939-1945) KW - Weltkrieg (1939-1945) KW - swd KW - Geschichte KW - World War 2 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [945]-1125) and index; From one war to another -- From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September 1, 1939 to May 10, 1940 -- The world turned upside down -- The expanding conflict, 1940-1941 -- The Eastern Front and a changing war, June to December, 1941 -- Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance; keeping them apart and shifting the balance: December 1941 to November 1942 -- The war at sea, 1942-1944, and the blockade -- The war in Europe and North Africa 1942-1943: to and from Stalingrad; to and from Tunis -- The home front -- Means of warfare: old and new -- From the spring of 1943 to summer 1944 -- The assault on Germany from all sides -- Tensions in both alliances -- The halt on the European fronts -- The final assault on Germany -- The war in the Pacific: from Leyte to the Missouri -- Conclusions: the cost and impact of war UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/92037637.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/92037637.html UR - http://www.archive.org/details/worldatarmsgloba00wein UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1732932M ER -