November 1942 : an intimate history of the turning point of the Second World War
Englund, Peter, 1957-2023
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At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could win the war; at the end of that month, it was obviously just a matter of time before they would lose. In between came el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the Japanese retreat in New Guinea, and the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. In this innovatively kaleidoscopic and riveting historical marvel, Peter Englund reduces these epoch-making events to their basic component: the individual experience. In thirty memorable days we meet characters including a Soviet infantryman at Stalingrad; an Italian truck driver in the North African desert; a partisan in the Belarussian forests; a machine gunner in a British bomber; a twelve-year-old girl in Shanghai; a university student in Paris; a housewife on Long Island; a prisoner in Treblinka; Albert Camus, Vasily Grossman, and Vera Brittain - forty characters in all. We also witness the launch of SS James Oglethorpe; the fate of U-604, a German submarine; the building of the first nuclear reactor; and the making of Casablanca.
Main title:
November 1942 : an intimate history of the turning point of the Second World War / Peter Englund ; translated from the Swedish by Peter Graves.
Author:
Englund, Peter, 1957-, authorGraves, Peter, 1942-, translator
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xix, 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Notes:
"Originally published in Sweden as 'Onda nätters drömmar' by Natur & Kultur, Stockholm, in 2022."Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-451) and index.Translated from the Swedish.
ISBN:
9781847924803 (hardback)9781847924810 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.53
Language:
EnglishSwedish
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BRN:
576708