Masters and commanders
Andrew Roberts
Published by Penguin Books Ltd
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Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Why, when the most direct route from Britain to Germany was through north-western France, did the western allies first launch assaults on North Africa, Sicily and Rome? Why, if D-Day was intended to be the start of the Allies' great thrust into Germany, did four hundred thousand men land five hundred miles to the south, in southern France, two months later? Why did the Allies not take Berlin, Vienna or Prague, and allow the Iron Curtain to descend where it did? One of the aims of the book is to show the degree to which t. Seller Inventory # 442516
Bibliographic Details
Title: Masters and commanders
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good