December 1941 : twelve days that began a world war /
In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. In this riveting book, historian Evan Mawdsley explores how the story unfolded. He demonstrates how these dramatic events marked a turning point not only in...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war
- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia
- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East
- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril
- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore
- 3 December: the president's secret promise
- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest
- 5 December: the lull before two storms
- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies
- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii
- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire
- 9 December: FDR begins the American century
- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy
- 11 December: Hitler's war on America
- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews
- Aftermath: the new war and a new world.
