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The Splendid and the Vile A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London William Collins 2020Description: 585p.;24cmISBN:
  • 9780008274948
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.542 LAR
Summary: On Winston Churchill?s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next 12 months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally - and willing to fight to the end.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Philosophy 940.542 LAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available URD001718

Includes Bibliography and Index

On Winston Churchill?s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next 12 months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally - and willing to fight to the end.

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