World War Two: History in an Hour

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Lasting 2,174 days and costing over 50 million lives (50,000 for each day of the war), the Second World War remains the most devastating conflict in history. During the First World War of 1914-1918, 95% of casualties were soldiers, during 1939-1945, 95% were civilian. This was the war where the civilian was on the frontline of the conflict.

Contents:
▪   Germany’s Invasion of Poland - “This is how I deal with any European city”
▪   The Soviet-Finnish War - “The Winter War” 
▪   The Norweigan Campaign - “Missed the bus.” 
▪   The Fall of France - “France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war.”
▪   The Mediterranean: “One moment on a battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.” 
▪   North Africa: “A great general.” 
▪   Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union: “The whole rotten structure will come crashing down.” 
▪   War in the Far East: “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” 
▪   The Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk: The New Field-Marshal.
▪   The Holocaust: “The man with an iron heart.” 
▪   The Battle of the Atlantic: “The U-boat peril”
▪   Italy Falls: “You are the most hated man in Italy.” 
▪   The Bomber Offensive: “My name is Meyer.”
▪   The Normandy Invasions: D-Day.
▪   France Free: “Liberated by her own people.”
▪   Approach from the East: “The good will all be dead.”
▪   The End of War in Europe: The Death of a Corporal.
▪   The End of the War in Japan: “Complete and utter destruction.”

 

Reader reviews:

“This very short history of the Second World War lives up to its name, cramming an overview of the key events of six years of conflict into a handy one-sitting primer. It also provides a timeline and biographies of key participants in two useful appendices. The style is very readable throughout, and the liberal use of brief, snappy quotations ensures that it never becomes dry. (If you vaguely remember half a dozen Churchillian bon mots, but don’t know what they refer to, this will set you straight.) An excellent introduction to a fascinating subject.”

“The final installment in this World War Two trilogy of apps is a solid and, once again, informative one that manages to translate an extremely complicated and broad topic into a very accessible tool.”Read just after the Nazi history one. Good history, well written.”

“I read a lot about world war ii but the problem is that they ware too many events to know the timeline. This app is good to grab the history of world war two in just a few minutes clear and very good.”

“Easy to read, informative and well worth the money.”

“Does what it says on the cover!! Plenty of information and facts.”

“Brilliant short insight to WW2, categorised from start to finish, also information on individual persons, ie Montgomery and Hitler. Also key battles explained, ie Operation Market Garden and D-Day, etc., straight to the point. Plenty of photography also described. I’ll be buying more of these “In An Hour” ebooks. I’ve already purchased the history of the Cold War!”

“This is a great read. I learnt a lot.”

“I am in my twenties and up to now knew a very patchy version of how WW2 came about, progressed and ended. I now have a very good overview of events as they unfolded.”

“This is a great book! It has made me eager to learn more about WWII”

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