America’s first year in World War II, chronicled in this
“page-turner” by the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest
Gump and The Generals (Publishers Weekly). On December 7, 1941,
an unexpected attack on American territory pulled an unprepared
country into a terrifying new brand of warfare. To the generation of
Americans who lived through it, the Second World War was the defining
event of the twentieth century, and the defining moments of that war
were played out in the year 1942. This account covers the Allies’
relentless defeats as the Axis overran most of Europe, North Africa,
and the Far East. But by midyear the tide began to turn. The United
States finally went on the offensive in the Pacific. In the West, the
British defeated Rommel’s panzer divisions at El Alamein while the
US Army began to push the Germans out of North Africa. By the year’s
end, the smell of victory was in the air. 1942, told with Winston
Groom’s accomplished storyteller’s eye, allows us into the
admirals’ strategy rooms, onto the battlefronts, and into the heart
of a nation at war. “When not drawing in readers with the
narrative, Groom is impressing them with his masterful analyses.”
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Groom has done an artful job
of blending the many stories of 1942.” —The Anniston Star
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ISBN
9781555847784
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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