Inferno the world at war, 1939-1945 All hell let loose Hastings, Max creator author text bibliography nyu 2011 1st U.S. ed. monographic eng print xx, 729 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm A monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II, and its deeply personal consequences. Hastings simultaneously traces the major developments and puts them into real human context. He also explores some of the darker and less explored regions of the war's penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland; and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944. Poland betrayed -- No peace, little war -- Blitzkriegs in the west -- Norway -- The fall of France -- Britain alone -- The Mediterranean -- Mussolini gambles -- A Greek tragedy -- Sandstorms -- Barbarossa -- Moscow saved, Leningrad starved -- America embattled -- Japan's season of triumph -- "I suppose you'll shove the little men off" -- The "white route" from Burma -- Swings of fortune -- Bataan -- The Coral Sea and Midway -- Guadalcanal and New Guinea -- The British at sea -- The Atlantic -- Arctic convoys -- The ordeal of Pedestal -- The furnace: Russia in 1942 -- Living with war -- Warriors -- Home fronts -- A woman's place -- Out of Africa -- The bear turns: Russia in 1943 -- Divided empires -- Whose liberty? -- The Raj: unfinest hour -- Asian fronts -- China -- Jungle bashing and island hopping -- Italy: high hopes, sour fruits -- Sicily -- The road to Rome -- Yugoslavia -- War in the sky -- Bombers -- Targets -- Victims -- Masters and slaves -- Killing Jews -- Europe becomes a battlefield -- Japan: defying fate -- Germany besieged -- The fall of the Third Reich -- Budapest: in the eye of the storm -- Eisenhower's advance to the Elbe -- Berlin: the last battle-- Japan prostrate -- Victors and vanquished. Max Hastings. Originally published as: All hell let loose. London : HarperPress, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-699) and index. World War, 1939-1945 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Weltkrieg Andra världskriget 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast D743 .H355 2011b 940.54 K152 9780307273598 0307273598 2011013890 Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 TAG TAGC DLC 110407 20240807190623.7 in00004811038 eng