World War II: A Very Short Introduction - Gerhard L. Weinberg

Gerhard L. Weinberg

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World War II: A Very Short Introduction [Audiobook] by Gerhard L. Weinberg English | 2018 | ASIN: B07FNWLJ4G | MP3@64 kbps | 3 hrs 36 mins | 96.4 MB Narrator: Johnny Heller, The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come to be that there was a Second World War that caused twice as much loss of life and more destruction than any other previous conflict?, In this Very Short Introduction, Gerhard L. Weinberg provides an introduction to the origins, course, and impact of the war on those who fought and the ordinary citizens who lived through it. Starting by looking at the inter-war years and the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, he examines how the war progressed by examining a number of key events, including the war in the West in 1940, Barbarossa, the German Invasion of the Soviet Union, the expansion of Japans war with China, developments on the home f