Title: 1939
Subtitle: Countdown to War
Description: A brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history’s greatest conflagration, 1939 takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that determined the fate of millions. Richard Overy, a leading historian of the period, masterfully recreates the jockeying for advantage that set Europe’s greatest powers on a collision course. Would Stalin join Hitler in a bid to divide Poland and flout the West? Would Britain and France succeed in forcing Germany to reason? And how far would a defiant Poland push its claim to exist? In the summer of 1939, the course of events was anything but assured, as this exceptionally absorbing book drives home.

(Source: [The National WWII Museum](https://store.nationalww2museum.org/1939-countdown-to-war-pb/))
Subjects: Politics and government, World War, 1939-1945, Causes, History, World war, 1939-1945, causes, Europe, history, 1918-1945, Europe, politics and government, 1918-1945, Campaigns, Diplomatic history, War, Military campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, diplomatic history, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, europe
Places: Europe
Time periods: 1939