Table Of ContentThe Grand Alliance
The Second World War [3]
Winston Churchill
Mariner Books (1954)
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Tags: World War II, General, Historical, Churchill; Winston, Biography
Autobiography, Military, History, World War; 1939-1945, World War;
1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa; North, World War; 1939-1945 -
Diplomatic history, Africa; North, Campaigns, Non-Fiction, War, World
War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Eastern Front, Eastern Front, Africa;
East, World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Atlantic Ocean, World War;
1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa; East
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Autobiographyttt Militaryttt Historyttt World War; 1939-1945ttt World
War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa; Northttt World War; 1939-1945 -
Diplomatic historyttt Africa; Northttt Campaignsttt Non-Fictionttt
Warttt World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Eastern Frontttt Eastern
Frontttt Africa; Eastttt World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Atlantic
Oceanttt World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa; Eastttt
The Grand Alliance describes the end of an extraordinary period in British
military history in which that country stood virtually alone against the German
onslaught. Two crucial events bring about the end of Britains̓ isolation and prove
to be key turning points in the war against Hitler. The first is Hitlers̓ well-
documented decision to attack the Soviet Union, opening up a battle front in the
East. The second event is the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the
United States into the war.
THE GRAND ALLIANCE
WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Copyright
The Grand Alliance
Copyright © 1948 by Winston Churchill Cover art and eForeword to the
electronic edition copyright © 2002 by RosettaBooks, LLC
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
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quotations embodied in critical ayrticles and reviews.
For information address [email protected] First electronic edition
published 2002 by RosettaBooks LLC, New York.
ISBN 0-7953-0612-1
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Contents
eForeword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Book One:
Germany Drives East
1: The Desert and the Balkans
2: The Widening War
3: Blitz and Anti-Blitz, 1941: Hess
4: The Mediterranean War
5: Conquest of the Italian Empire
6: Decision to Aid Greece
7: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941 The Western Approaches 8: The Battle of the
Atlantic, 1941 The American Intervention 9: Yugoslavia
10: The Japanese Envoy
11: The Desert Flank: Rommel: Tobruk
12: The Greek Campaign
13: Tripoli and “Tiger”
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14: The Revolt in Iraq
15: Crete: The Advent
16: Crete: The Battle
17: The Fate of the “Bismarck”
18: Syria
19: General Wavell’s Final Effort: “Battleaxe”
20: The Soviet Nemesis
Book Two:
War Comes to America
1: Our Soviet Ally
2: An African Pause: Tobruk
3: My Meeting with Roosevelt
4: The Atlantic Charter
5: Aid to Russia
6: Persia and the Middle East Summer and Autumn, 1941
7: The Mounting Strength of Britain Autumn, 1941
8: Closer Contacts with Russia Autumn and Winter, 1941
9: The Path Ahead
10: Operation “Crusader” Ashore, Aloft, and Afloat 11: Japan 12: Pearl
Harbour!
13: A Voyage Amid World War
14: Proposed Plan and Sequence of the War 15: Washington and Ottawa
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16: Anglo-American Accords
17: Return to Storm
Appendices
Notes
About the Author
About this Title
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Maps and Diagrams
The Advance from Tobruk
The Campaign in East Africa
The Battle of the Atlantic: Merchant Ships Sunk by U-Boats in the Atlantic
Phase I. From the Outbreak of War to the Invasion of Norway, September 3,
1939, to April 9, 1940
Phase II. The Western Approaches, April 10, 1940, to March 17, 1941
Phase III. The Ocean up to the Entry of the United States into the War, March
18, 1941, to December 6, 1941
The Balkans
Rommel’s Counter-Offensive, April, 1941
The German Invasion of Greece
Habbaniya-Falluja
Syria and Iraq
Crete and the Aegean
The Chase of the Bismarck
Map 1: Situation at 6.00 a.m. May 24
Map 2: Situation at 3.06 a.m. May 25
Map 3: Situation at 10.30 a.m. May 26
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Plan 1: Situation at 9.00 a.m. May 26
Plan 2: Situation at 8.48 a.m. May 27
Plan 3: Situation at 10.15 a.m. May 27
The Syrian Campaign
Diagram to Illustrate Operation “Battleaxe”
The German Attack on Russia
Operations in Persia
The Mediterranean Area, June 21, 1941
Enemy Dispositions November 18 Opening Phase, November 18-19
First Battle of Sidi Rezegh
Rommel’s Raid November 24–28 Second Battle of Sidi Rezegh, November 29–
30
The South China Sea
Malaya
