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1942 : Winston Churchill and Britain's darkest hour /

Eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession : the collapse in Malaya; the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore; the passing of three large German warships through the Straits of Dover in broad dayli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Downing, Taylor (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2022.
Edition:First Pegasus Books cloth edition
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
History, Modern > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Great Britain.
History, Modern.
Military campaigns.
Prime ministers.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • "The sleep of the saved"
  • Happy new year, 1942
  • Confidence
  • The channel dash
  • Imperial collapse
  • "Hard adverse war"
  • Shipping perils
  • Grave deterioration
  • Arctic convoys
  • Bombing
  • Island fortress
  • The Desert War
  • Global battles
  • Disgrace
  • Censure
  • "Have you not got a single general who can win battles?"
  • From the pyramids to the ogre's den
  • "Extreme tension"
  • "The end of the beginning"