
The World War II Chronicles
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Author William Craig traveled to three different continents, reviewed thousands of documents, and interviewed hundreds of survivors to write these New York Times-bestselling histories, bringing the Eastern Front and the Pacific Theater of World War II to vivid life.
The Fall of Japan masterfully recounts the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty nation to surrender unconditionally. From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the second atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where tearful Japanese leaders first told the emperor the war was lost, Craig draws on Japanese and American perspectives to capture the pivotal events of these climactic weeks with spellbinding authority.
Enemy at the Gates chronicles the bloodiest battle of the war and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of Hitler's 6th Army. The Germans were supremely confident; in three years, they had not suffered a single defeat. The siege of Stalingrad lasted five months, one week, and three days. Nearly two million men and women died, and the 6th Army was completely destroyed. The Soviet victory foreshadowed Nazi Germany's downfall and the rise of a communist superpower. Heralded by Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day, as "the best single work on the epic battle of Stalingrad," Enemy at the Gates was the inspiration for the 2001 film of the same name, starring Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law.
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- Contents
- The Fall of Japan
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- One: The Tactics of Despair
- Two: Meetinghouse
- Three: The Diplomacy of Defeat
- Four: The Project
- Five: The Little Boy
- Six: The Genie
- Seven: The Air-Raid Shelter
- Eight: Reaction in Washington
- Nine: August 11-The Conspiracy Begins
- Ten: August 12-Day of Crisis
- Eleven: The Mounting Peril
- Twelve: August 14-The Final Word
- Thirteen: The Rebellion
- Fourteen: Peace on Earth
- Fifteen: The Emperor Speaks
- Sixteen: Delayed Reactions
- Seventeen: An Order From MacArthur
- Eighteen: Violent Interlude
- Nineteen: Lazarus
- Twenty: The Enemy Lands
- Twenty-One: "These Proceedings Are Closed"
- Twenty-Two: The Last Recourse
- Epilogue
- Image Gallery
- Reference Matter
- Acknowledgments
- Notes and Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Indexes
- Index of Names
- Index by Subject
- Enemy at the Gates
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Part One
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Part Two
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-one
- Chapter Twenty-two
- Chapter Twenty-three
- Chapter Twenty-four
- Chapter Twenty-five
- Chapter Twenty-six
- Chapter Twenty-seven
- Chapter Twenty-eight
- Chapter Twenty-nine
- Chapter Thirty
- Epilogue: Among the Survivors
- Image Gallery
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Chapter Notes
- Index
- About the Author
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