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The Second World War Taschenbuch – 9. Mai 1986

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The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature

 

From Britain's darkest and finest hour to the great alliance and ultimate victory, the Second World War remains the most pivotal event of the twentieth century. Winston Churchill was not only the war's greatest leader, he was the free world's singularly eloquent voice of defiance in the face of Nazi tyranny, and it's that voice that animates this six-volume history. Remarkable both for its sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it begins with The Gathering Storm; moves on to Their Finest Hour, The Grand Alliance, The Hinge of Fate, and Closing the Ring; and concludes with Triumph and Tragedy.

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"After the end of the World War of 1914 there was a deep conviction and almost universal hope that peace would reign in the world. This heart's desire of all the peoples could easily have been gained by steadfastness in righteous convictions, and by reasonable common sense and prudence." But we all know that's not what happened. As Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War, Winston Churchill--whose career had to that point already encompassed the roles of military historian and civil servant with a proficiency in both that few others could claim--had a unique perspective on the conflict, and as soon as he left office in 1945, he began to set that perspective down on paper. To measure the importance of The Second World War, it is worth remembering that there are no parallel accounts from either of the other Allied leaders, Roosevelt and Stalin. We have in this multivolume work an account that contains both comprehensive sweep and intimate detail. Almost anybody who compiles a list of such works ranks it highly among the nonfiction books of the 20th century.

In the opening volume, The Gathering Storm, Churchill tracks the erosion of the shaky peace brokered at the end of the First World War, followed by the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and their gradual spread from beyond Germany's borders to most of the European continent. Churchill foresaw the coming crisis and made his opinion known quite clearly throughout the latter '30s, and this book concludes on a vindicating note, with his appointment in May 1940 as prime minister, after which he recalls that "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial."

Their Finest Hour concerns itself with 1940. France falls, and England is left to face the German menace alone. Soon London is under siege from the air--and Churchill has a few stories of his own experiences during the Blitz to share--but they persevere to the end of what Churchill calls "the most splendid, as it was the most deadly, year in our long English and British history." They press on in The Grand Alliance, liberating Ethiopia from the Italians and lending support to Greece. Then, when Hitler reneges on his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union (the very signing of which had proved Stalin and his commissars "the most completely outwitted bunglers of the Second World War"), the Allied team begins to coalesce. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese makes the participation of the United States in the war official, and this is of "the greatest joy" to Churchill: "How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at that moment care. Once again in our long island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious."

But as the fourth volume, The Hinge of Fate, reveals, success would not happen overnight. The Japanese military still held strong positions in the Pacific theater, and Rommel's tank corps were on the offensive in Africa. After a string of military defeats, Churchill's opponents in Parliament introduced a motion for a censure vote; this was handily defeated, and victory secured in Africa, then Italy. By this time, Churchill had met separately with both Roosevelt and Stalin; the second half of volume 5, Closing the Ring, brings the three of them together for the first time at the November 1943 conference in Teheran. This book closes on the eve of D-day: "All the ships were at sea. We had the mastery of the oceans and of the air. The Hitler tyranny was doomed."

And so, in the concluding volume, Triumph and Tragedy, the Allies push across Europe and take the fight to Berlin. President Roosevelt's death shortly before final victory against Germany affected Churchill deeply, "as if I had been struck a physical blow," and he would later regret not attending the funeral and meeting Harry Truman then, instead of at the Potsdam conference after Germany's defeat. Churchill himself would not be there for the conclusion to the war against Japan; in July of 1945, a general election in Britain brought in a Labor government (or, as he refers to them, "Socialists"), and he resigned immediately, for "the verdict of the electors had been so overwhelmingly expressed that I did not wish to remain even for an hour responsible for their affairs."

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Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called by historians "the man of the twentieth century." Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-1945), Churchill won the Nobel prize for literature in 1953.

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  • Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; Reissue Edition (9. Mai 1986)
  • Sprache ‏ : ‎ Englisch
  • Taschenbuch ‏ : ‎ 4736 Seiten
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 039541685X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395416853
  • Abmessungen ‏ : ‎ 20.57 x 12.95 x 23.11 cm
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 31. März 2020
Es hat ein wenig gedauert, aber es hat sich gelohnt. Den 2. WK retrospektiv durch die Brille von Winston Churchill zu durchleben, war ein besonderes Erlebnis. Die Leidenschaft, mit der er den Krieg gegen Hitler-Deutschland angegangen ist, ist sprichwörtlich mit Haenden zu greifen. Natürlich hat er einige charakterliche Aspekte im Eigeninteresse dargestellt (etwa dass er nie daran gezweifelt habe Deutschland den Krieg zu erklaeren), die sich im Nachgang heutzutage etwas anders darstellen, und natürlich hat er die Publikation genutzt, um sich zu strittigen Themen der Zeit zu aeussern (Umgang mit de Gaulle und Stalin/Russland waehrend 2 WK, Polenfrage nach Ende des Krieges, etc.). Aber genau das gehört ja zu einem zeithistorischen Dokument dazu. Höchst interessant für den deutschen Leser war, am Ende, zu erfahren, dass Churchill die Oder-Neisse Grenze in ihrer heutigen Fassung nicht akzeptiert haette, sondern Schlesien zu Deutschland gehörend ansah. Bekanntlich musste er die Potsdamer Konferenz vorzeitig verlassen... Ein wirklich spannendes, gut geschriebens zeithistorisches Dokument!
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 2. Juli 2012
Dieses Werk kann man in eine Reihe stellen mit Julius Cäsars Gallischen Krieg. Nicht nur als Zeitzeugnis aus erster und maximal berufener Hand, sondern durchaus als eine unglaublich spannende, interessante, lehrreiche, reale Geschichte voller einzigartiger Abenteuer und voller Drama.
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 17. Februar 2000
Churchill's book is really astonishing, not only for the sheer size, but for the vast expand of knowledge displayed and the personal experience behind it. Churchill includes hundreds of documents and thus gives ample proof of what he writes. His strongest moments are his criticism of British appeasement policy and the account of 1940/41, where his will to survive and his pertinacity can still be felt through the pages. His personal experience is always there, though he refrains from giving his readers too many anecdotes. In spite of the fact the everything was written very shortly after the war, most things are quite accurate, though the pages on Nazi Germany are not always enlightened. But - being German - I have never felt any hatred towards my people as a whole and one can well join in with his disgust of Germany at that time. The book, or rather books, never bore. An absolute masterpiece of historical writing.
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 14. April 2000
Future generations will be most thankful that we had as Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill. Not only for his leadership, which undoubtedly saved the world from Nazism, but also because of his memoirs. Reading this book, it felt like I was actually there, feeling the tension as Hitler prepared on new conquests, the revulsion as France & Britain allowed Germany to destroy Czechoslavakia, the disbelief as neutral countries, USSR,Belgium, Netherlands, Norway etc, clung to their neutrality as it meant anything to Hitler, admiration for the British people as they resisted such overwhelming odds at great cost, and triumph as the Grand Alliance combines to crush Germany. Also there are so many parts of the book which describe so vividly so many great moments, such as when Churchill first meets Stalin. A top read!
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 25. Januar 2000
Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and it was largely on the strength of this work. It has been published many times, but ought to be reviewed as a set. Volume One of this set, "The Gathering Storm", is scarier than any horror movie ever filmed. Watch helplessly as decent people are drawn into the black hole of the worst tragedy that humankind has ever found itself in. You will notice that I ended this last sentence with a proposition. This reminds me of a story - one day someone nudged the Prime Minister and reminded him that he, too, had committed this offense against grammatical decency. Churchill's reported response was "This is arrant pedantry, up with which I shall not put."
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 29. Juli 2000
What a brilliant, shining human being. His eloquence and spirit were such that even his political enemies would stand and cheer after one of his rousing speeches in the House of Commons where he labored, often against large and scornful majorities, to wrest the world from lethargy and the denial of a growing Nazi threat. These volumes were not written by an academic years after the events... Churchill was the man who actually pulled off this extraordinary accomplishment. There is not much personal anecdote (see the diaries of Lord Moran for that). Here, you find an epic told in clear and compelling prose by a truly inspiring and brilliant leader. With others, I stand in awe. A terrific read.
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 22. August 2020
The WW2 experience of an astonishing leader (from 1940)...it appears that he had a hand in virtually everything that went on...how this man could balance all of this was mind boggling, but he did and we are the richer for it in many ways. These volumes are at times tough going for a reader but well worth the effort. They also include some of his most famous speeches and very informative appendices extrapolating many of the current situations and issues at the time. If you are a WW2 fan then you need to read it form the perspective of the greatest wartime leader the UK has ever produced.
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 26. Oktober 1999
This book spreads over five volumes, incredibly it is gripping from the moment you pick it up right to the end. A revelation into why the war happened, how it could so easily have been prevented, and the monumental life and death struggle that shaped how we live now. The only missing parts relate to details of the intelligence war and, in particular, the breaking of the German codes by Bletchley Park and development of the first computers.
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Estou no terceiro volume. Que obra prima! A obra deixa claro o quão visionário foi Churchill, descrevendo todos os acontecimentos e demonstrando, com comunicados, minutas e telegramas todas as decisões tomadas nos bastidores da guerra. Vale o investimento.
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This is the classic collection of the books by WSC on WWII. But the box and the presentation are new, and it’s charming. Recommended
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