Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Keegan was born in Clapham to an Irish World War One veteran and was evacuated to Somerset when World War Two broke out. [1] At the age of 13, Keegan contracted orthopaedic tuberculosis, which subsequently affected his gait.
The Second World War can be read by students of the period as a memoir by a leading participant, rather than a comprehensive history by a professional and detached historian. The Second World War, particularly the period from 1940 to 1942 when Britain fought with the support of the Empire and a few Allies, was the climax of Churchill's career ...
In World War II, millions die on the Eastern Front because of Adolf Hitler's theories of living space . Keegan takes issue with Carl von Clausewitz's idea that war is an extension of politics, implying that war is carried on in a rational way under the conscious control of politicians. Rather he sees the existence of armies and warriors as ...
The military historian Sir John Keegan has described it, together with George MacDonald Fraser’s Quartered Safe Out Here, as "one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War". [1] Lewis's memoir is notable for its depiction of the wartime suffering endured by the civilian population of the city of Naples. His harrowing and moving ...
The Face of Battle is a 1976 non-fiction book on military history by the English military historian John Keegan.It deals first with the structure of historical writing [clarification needed] about battles, the strengths and weaknesses of the "battle piece," and then with the structure of warfare in three time periods—medieval Europe, the Napoleonic Era, and World War I—by analyzing three ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific. New York and London: Longman. Johnson, Ian Ona (2021). Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-067514-1. Martel, Gordon (1986). The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered. Routledge.
The series stars Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown as Ten Pound Poms, British citizens who migrated to Australia after the Second World War. The series premiered on 14 May 2023 on BBC One and has six episodes. [1] The first episode attracted an overnight audience of 4.6 million viewers.