World War Two: The Untold Story (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
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ISBN: 0304358495 / Publisher: Cassell, April 2007
Stimulating, fluently written, and filled with fascinating analyses, here is a history of the Second World War that bridges the gap between accounts that overwhelm with detail and those that are simply too spare. A broad, busy canvas reveals what happened during the war and why, with political and strategic background, cogent discussions of battles and campaigns, and the importance of military intelligence. It offers new and considered insights into this vast conflict.
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Until the official account of Second World War British Intelligence activities was published, myth, propaganda and misrepresentation had combined to confuse our view of the war. We did not - could not - fully understand what had happened, or why. The distinguished military historian Philip Warner based this history of the war, the secret battles as much as the open warfare, on intelligence material that had not been previously available. The result is a vivid, concise and meaningful account of what was really happening day-by-day through the war, and why. He shows how the Allies' success was the result of a combination of factors, not least their increasing awareness of enemy intentions as they broke through German and Japanese codes. It was a war in which Intelligence and interpretation came to play a major role.
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