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Author:
Kelly, John Paul.
Title:
Never surrender : Winston Churchill and Britain's decision to fight Nazi Germany in the fateful summer of 1940 / John Kelly.
Edition:
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Publisher:
Scribner
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
ix, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.
Subject:
Churchill, Winston,--1874-1965.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
World War, 1939-1945.
London (England)--History--Bombardment, 1940.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index.
Contents:
Never again -- Again -- Europe in winter -- Searching for something spectacular -- Chamberlain misses the bus -- The rogue elephant -- "There faded away this noise which was a great army" -- A certain eventuality -- The Italian approach -- "Good morning, Death" -- "We were no longer one" -- End of the affair -- Land of hope and glory.
Summary:
"A remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months in 1940 when Winston Churchill debated whether the British would fight Hitler,"--Amazon.com.
ISBN:
1476727988
9781476727981
LCCN:
2016303546
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

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