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An alliance under strain, a war turning in Britain’s favour. David Irving follows Churchill from June 1941 to Sicily in July 1943, through Pearl Harbor, Singapore and El Alamein. Jacketed hardback.
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America has entered the war, but Britain’s survival still depends on an uneasy alliance. In Churchill’s War, Volume II: Triumph in Adversity, David Irving follows Winston Churchill from Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 to the Allied landings in Sicily in July 1943.
The story moves between Downing Street, the White House and the battlefronts: the Atlantic meeting with Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor and the fall of Singapore, the disaster of convoy PQ17, Dieppe, El Alamein and Operation Torch. Churchill’s negotiations with Stalin and Roosevelt run alongside disputes with his commanders, the struggle over India’s future and his difficult dealings with de Gaulle.
The later chapters turn to Casablanca, the demand for unconditional surrender, the Katyn crisis and preparations for Sicily. Intelligence and codebreaking, the bombing offensive and Anglo-American atomic research connect decisions made in private with their consequences at sea, on land and in the air.
Irving presents a strongly critical interpretation of Churchill’s leadership and defence of British imperial interests, drawing on diaries, correspondence, interviews and government records. The volume includes photographs, reproduced documents, extensive source notes and an index. Three appendices examine secret Churchill–Roosevelt communications, telephone security and the later controversy over General Sikorski’s death.
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David Irving is a renowned British historian and author of over 30 books. Known for his meticulous primary source research, he has spent decades in archives across the globe, unearthing diaries, documents, and first-hand accounts that have reshaped our understanding of the Second World War and its key figures.
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