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Author	Prior, Robin.
Title	When Britain saved the West : the story of 1940 / Robin Prior.
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]

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Descript	xix, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Note	Draws on archival research in the UK, US, France and Germany to examine how Great Britain stood alone to face the Nazi threat in 1940. From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time-war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more, to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises. The book reassesses key events of 1940 - crises that were recognised as such at the time and others not fully appreciated.
	400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN	9780300184006 (e-book)
	9780300166620 (hbk.)

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Descript	xix, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Note	Draws on archival research in the UK, US, France and Germany to examine how Great Britain stood alone to face the Nazi threat in 1940. From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time-war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more, to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises. The book reassesses key events of 1940 - crises that were recognised as such at the time and others not fully appreciated.
	400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN	9780300184006 (e-book)
	9780300166620 (hbk.)

Author	Prior, Robin.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
	Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940.
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Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
	Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940.
	Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Descript	xix, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Note	Draws on archival research in the UK, US, France and Germany to examine how Great Britain stood alone to face the Nazi threat in 1940. From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time-war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more, to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises. The book reassesses key events of 1940 - crises that were recognised as such at the time and others not fully appreciated.
	400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN	9780300184006 (e-book)
	9780300166620 (hbk.)

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