THE STORY OF WORLD WAR II
Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele Commager
Preface:
Chapter 1: The Nazi Juggernaut
A. The Failure of Appeasement
B. War
C. The Belligerents
D. Poland
E. Finland
F. Denmark and Norway
G. Low Countries
H. Dunkirk
I. The Fall of France
Chapter 2: Britain Stands Alone
A. The Blitz
B. The Atlantic Lifeline
C. Lend-Lease
D. War in the Mediterranean
E. Desert and Mountain Victories
F. Terror in the Balkans
G. Defeat
H. El Alamein and Beyond
Chapter 3: From the Vistula to the Volga
A. The Attack on Russia
B. The Bloodiest Front in History
C. The Battle of Moscow
D. Guerillas and Scorched Earth
E. Leningrad
F. Stalingrad
Chapter 4: The Rising Sun
A. Pearl Harbor
B. Bataan
C. Wake Island
D. Singapore
E. The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
F. The Doolittle Raid
G. Coral Sea
H. Midway
I. Retreat in Burma
Chapter 5: The Hard Way Back
A. Guadalcanal
B. Anonymity
C. New Guinea
D. Invasion!
E. Death of an Army
F. The Battle of the Atlantic
G. The Capture of U-505
Chapter 6: The Dead of Tarawa
A. Prelude: The Aleutians
B. Rabaul
C. Tarawa
D. The Dead of Tarawa
Chapter 7: Up The Bloody Boot
A. (
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B. On To Naples
C. Slogging Forward (and Upward)
D. Anzio and Cassino
E. On To Rome
F. The Gothic Line
Chapter 8: The Air War
A. Winged Victory
B. Hamburg and Berlin
C. The Americans Arrive
D. To Hell and Back
E. Our Father, Who Art In Heaven
F. The Death of the Luftwaffe
Chapter 9: The Great Invasion
A. Planning
B. The Landings
Chapter 10: From Normandy to Germany
A. The Battle of the Bocage
B. The Second battle of Britain
C. Breakout
D. The Liberation of Paris
E. At The Siegfried Line
F. The Huertegen Forest
Chapter 11: The Battle of the Bulge
A. (
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Chapter 12: The Marianas
A. The Invasion of Saipan
B. The Battle of The Philippine Sea (aka: The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot)
C. Taking Saipan
D. Marpi Point
E. Pacific Strategy
Chapter 13: A Marine in Peleliu
A. With The Old Breed
B. The Landing
C. Bloody Nose Ridge
D. Into The Umurbrogol
Chapter 14: The Return
A. (
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B. The Battle For Leyte Gulf
C. The Fight For Leyte
D. Liberation
E. The Los Banos Raids
Chapter 15: The B-29s
A. The Plane
B. Fear
C. Fire Sticks
D. The Blockade
E. For The B-29s
Chapter 16: Make Them Remember
A. Target: Ploesti
B. The Red Tails
C. Dresden And The End
Chapter 17: From The Volga to The Oder
A. (
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B. The Liberation of Russia
C. Into Germany
Chapter 18: Across The Rhine
A. “Clean “Em Out”
B. The End In Italy
C. No Wonder The Flowers Were So Beautiful
D. The Whirlpool of Destruction
Chapter 19: Iwo Jima
A. The Final Battles
B. Iwo Jima
Chapter 20: Okinawa
A. (
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B. Floating Chrysanthemums
C. Slaughter On The Shuri Line
Chapter 21: The Setting Sun
A. Burma
B. Hell Ships and Dog Cages
C. Decisions
D. “Everything Into Nothing”
Chapter 22: Victory
A. The Forgotten Bomb
B. Liberation
C. “I Remember The War”