Title: The blast of war, 1939-1945.
Authors: Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Year: 1968
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain.
Abstract: A personal account of how World War II was fought and won on the political front by a prime minister and statesman in the making.
Contents: The first years. The first months ; The Russian thrust ; The winter war ; The Scandinavian campaign and the fall of the government ; Arming the nation ; The new allies ; The colonial empire at war -- The Mediterranean campaign. The French schism ; Allied force headquarters ; The Casablance Conference ; Force X ; After Casablanca ; The path to union ; The road to recognition ; The Italian surrender ; My French mission: the last phase ; Italy: friend or foe? ; 'Operation Anvil' ; From Algiers to Caserta ; The New Deal for Italy ; The liberation of Greece ; The Greek Rebellion: I. the battle for Athens ; The Greek Rebellion: 2. Peacemaking ; The end of the campaign ; The German surrender.