Their Finest Hour, Vol. 2
The eight uneasy, dangerous months from May to December 1940, as Britain stands isolated and Germany follows its war path.
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"The second volume of Churchill's Nobel-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. Their "finest hour" refers to Britain that struggled alone to survive overwhelming German advantage; detailed reconstruction of the bombing of London, the Battle of Britain.
Book IThe Fall of FranceChapter IThe National Coalition3Chapter IIThe Battle of France: The First Week. Gamelin25Chapter IIIThe Battle of France: The Second Week. Weygand47Chapter IVThe March to the Sea66Chapter VThe Deliverance of Dunkirk87Chapter VIThe Rush for the Spoils105Chapter VIIBack to France122Chapter VIIIHome Defence. June143Chapter IXThe French Agony157Chapter XThe Bordeaux Armistice175Chapter XIAdmiral Darlan and the French Fleet. Oran197Chapter XIIThe Apparatus of Counter-attack. 1940213Chapter XIIIAt Bay225Chapter XIVThe Invasion Problem247Chapter XVOperation "Sea Lion"266Book IIAloneChapter XVIThe Battle of Britain281Chapter XVIIThe Blitz301Chapter XVIII"London Can Take It"316Chapter XIXThe Wizard War337Chapter XXUnited States Destroyers and West Indian Bases353Chapter XXIEgypt and the Middle East369Chapter XXIIThe Mediterranean Passage388Chapter XXIIISeptember Tensions403Chapter XXIVDakar419Chapter XXVMr. Eden's Mission438Chapter XXVIRelations with Vichy and Spain449Chapter XXVIIMussolini Attacks Greece470Chapter XXVIIILend-Lease488Chapter XXIXGermany and Russia509Chapter XXXOcean Peril525Chapter XXXIDesert Victory538AppendicesA.Minutes and Telegrams, May-December 1940559B.Loss by Encmy Action of British, Allied, and Neutral Merchant Tonnage637C.Aircraft Strength--Battle of Britain, 1940640D.Correspondence relating to Dakar between Mr. Churchill and Mr. Menzies645E.List of Operational Code Names650F.List of Abbreviations651Index653Maps and DiagramsThe Forward Movements, starting May 1029The Opposing Forces, May 1337German Advances on Successive Days, May 13-17, 194041Situation, Evening May 1850Situation, Evening May 2259Battle of Arras, May 21-2263Situation at Nightfall, May 2575Area of Operations, May 194078Situation, May 2885Diagrams of Dunkirk Perimeter, May 29-June I93The Opposing Forces on the Western Flank, June 5, 1940132The German Advance, June 5-9133The Last Stand of the French Army, June 1940170General Map of Western France174State of Readiness of Infantry Divisions239Sketch Map of German Invasion Plan273Graph of Battle of Britain298Disposition of Main Fleets in Mediterranean, June 14, 1940389General Map of N.W. France and Belgium462Desert Victory, December 1940-January 1941545
