Outbreak - 1939
Subtitle: the world goes to war
By: Terry Charman
Publisher: Virgin; Virgin Books; Ebury Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9781905264827; 9780753519646
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Causes; History; Tweede Wereldoorlog; War; World War (1939-1945) cct
Description: 11:15am, 3 September 1939. The nation gathers round their radios to hear Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain make the announcement that has been feared for months: Britain will now be at war with Germany. 70 years on from that historic day, this book revisits the build-up, outbreak and first few months of World War Two.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Countdown to war; title: 2. Friday, 1 September 1939; title: 3. Saturday, 2 September 1939; title: 4. Sunday, 3 September 1939; title: 5. The fall of Poland; title: 6. The war in the air; title: 7. The war on land; title: 8. The war at sea; title: 9. The empire at war; title: 10. The beer hall bomb; title: 11. The Venlo incident; title: 12. The war on the home front; title: 13. Wartime entertainment; title: 14. Lord Haw Haw; title: 15. The winter war; title: 16. Christmas and the end of the year.