Название: February 1942: Britain’s Darkest Days
Автор: Adrian Stewart
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473821150
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 17,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
As the saying goes ‘it is darkest before the dawn’ and so it was for Churchill and the British people during the Second World War.
During February 1942, bad news of disasters came in an unbroken and seemingly endless sequence from the Far East to the Home Front. Some such as the Fall of Singapore and the Royal Navy’s humiliation over the escape of the Scharhnhorst and Gneisenau are well known but always worth retelling. Others less written about such as the challenge to Churchill at home, heavily strained relations with Commonwealth allies, the Japanese raid on Darwin and Rommel’s return in North Africa were equally serious and full of foreboding for the future outcome of the War.