Battlefields of the Second World War / Richard Holmes.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London : BBC, 2001وصف:224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0563537825 (hbk)
- Battlefields of the 2nd World War
- Battlefields (Television program)
- D743 H66 2001
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D743 H66 2001 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000257903 |
"This book is published to accompany the television series "Battlefields" produced by United Productions and first broadcast on BBC2 in 2001--T.p.verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 6 INTRODUCTION -- 44 ALAMEIN:THE EIGHTH ARMY'S DESERT VICTORY -- 90 CASSINO: ATTRITION IN ITALY -- 132 MARKET GARDEN: A DARINGTHRUST ACROSS AN AIRBORNE CARPET -- 174 BOMBER: THE RAF OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY -- 218 FURTHER READING -- 220 INDEX -- 224 PICTURE CREDITS.
In this brilliantly articulated study of war, Richard Holmes examines the scars left on history by the horrific Second World War. It is his contention that, until now, the enormity of sacrifice made by the men and women who fought on its battlefields has been hidden. Through his writing, such scarifice becomes startlingly apparent. Holmes confines his study to four major campaigns: El Alamein, Monte Cassino, Operation Market Garden (which included the battle of Arnheim) and the RAF's bomber offensive against Germany. Using the letters and diaries of the soliders involved, he recreates what it was like to be involved in such horrific and bloody conflicts. The author himself reads this compelling testament to the atrocities of war and the price which so many paid for the freedom of millions.