The Hinge of FateThe British prime minister's dramatic account of how the Allies turned the tide of World War II. In the first half of the book, Winston Churchill describes the fearful period in which the Germans threaten to overwhelm the Red Army, Rommel dominates the war in the desert, and Singapore falls to the Japanese. In the span of just a few months, the Allies begin to turn the tide, achieving decisive victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, and repulsing the Germans at Stalingrad. As confidence builds, the Allies begin to gain ground against the Axis powers. This is the fourth in the six-volume account of World War II told from the unique viewpoint of the man who led his nation in the fight against tyranny. The series is enriched with extensive primary sources, as we are presented with not only Churchill's retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. Throughout these volumes, we listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler's conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia, in a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. |
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Contents
Chapter Page I AUSTRALASIAN ANXIETIES | 3 |
THE SETBACK IN THE Desert | 18 |
The Setback in the Desert January 1942 33535 | 27 |
PENALTIES IN MALAYA | 32 |
The Malayan Peninsula | 35 |
Malaya | 52 |
A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE | 53 |
CABINET CHANGES | 65 |
BOOK II | 369 |
Chapter Page XXIV THE EIGHTH ARMY AT BAY | 371 |
The Fall of Tobruk | 373 |
DECISION FOR TORCH | 390 |
MY JOURNEY TO CAIRO CHANGES IN COM MAND | 408 |
THE FIRST MEETING | 425 |
A RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED | 436 |
RETURN TO CAIRO | 452 |
THE FALL OF SINGAPORE | 81 |
Singapore Island | 93 |
THE UBOAT PARADISE | 95 |
Atlantic Defence Organisation 1942 | 108 |
Merchant Ships Sunk | 116 |
THE LOSS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIES | 118 |
THE INVASION OF BURMA | 134 |
The A B D A Operations facing | 142 |
Burma | 149 |
CEYLON AND THE BAY OF BENGAL | 152 |
THE SHIPPING STRANGLEHOLD | 167 |
THE CRIPPS MISSION | 181 |
MADAGASCAR | 197 |
The Attack on Diego Suarez | 209 |
AMERICAN NAVAL VICTORIES THE CORAL SEA AND MIDWAY ISLAND | 213 |
THE ARCTIC CONVOYS | 228 |
Track of P Q 17 | 236 |
THE OFFENSIVE IN THE ÆTHER | 248 |
MALTA AND TIIE DESERT | 260 |
SECOND FRONT NOW | 280 |
THE MOLOTOV VISIT | 292 |
The Russian Winter Offensives JanuaryMarch 1942 | 307 |
STRATEGIC NATURAL SELECTION | 309 |
ROMMEL ATTACKS | 319 |
Rommels Plan for May 2728 | 322 |
The Western Desert | 335 |
MY SECOND VISIT TO WASHINGTON | 336 |
THE VOTE OF CENSURE | 351 |
THE FINAL SHAPING OF TORCH | 471 |
Rommels Repulse August 31September 5 5 | 491 |
SUSPENSE AND STRAIN | 493 |
SOVIET THANK YOU | 505 |
The German Campaign in Russia 1942 | 523 |
THE BATTLE OF ALAMEIN | 526 |
The Breakthrough | 540 |
THE TORCH IS LIT | 542 |
AlgiersTunis | 557 |
THE DARLAN EPISODE | 565 |
PROBLEMS OF VICTORY | 581 |
OUR NEED TO MEET | 592 |
THE CASABLANCA CONFERENCE | 604 |
ADANA AND TRIPOLI | 623 |
Russian Counterattacks at Stalingrad | 639 |
HOME TO TROUBLE | 643 |
Tunisia | 656 |
RUSSIA AND THE WESTERN ALLIES | 663 |
VICTORY IN TUNIS | 682 |
Forcing the Mareth Line | 685 |
MY THIRD VISIT TO WASHINGTON | 699 |
PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE | 715 |
ITALY THE GOAL | 726 |
APPENDICES | 745 |
A List of Abbreviations | 747 |
B List of CodeNames | 748 |
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