By January 1, 1944, the Allies had stopped every important attack in Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
While the opposing armies of the great powers moved back and forth across European during World War II, small bands of men conducted a largely unknown war behind the lines.
From Japans conquest of China, the author goes on to Japanese aggressions in Indochina, the Hawaiian Islads, Hongkong, Malaya, Singapore and Burma.
Only history can pass final judgment on the military leaders of World War II, but to those who are living today it may well seem that few generations have produced so many men of skill and superior accomplishment on both sides of a giant conflict.
After The Germans had been defeated in the Battle of Britain, Hitler had decided to soften up the English people by the continuous night terror bombings of the blitz, while at the same time his submarines cut off Englandss food supply and prevented raw materials from reaching Britains factories.
On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler of Germany.
Five years ago, in a book I called The Face of Battle, I set out to explore the predicament of the individual on the battlefield. Though a practising military historian, and the colleague in my academic life of proffesional soldiers.