01698cam a2200325 i 4500 450026330 TxGeo 20201113120000.0 170405s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017003332 9780802125606 hbk. 0802125603 hbk. TxGeo rda Holland, James, 1970- The Allies strike back, 1941-1943 / James Holland. New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017. xxvi, 720 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier War in the West ; 2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-678) and index. In 1941, "the Nazi war machine looked to be unstoppable. Germany had taken Poland and France with shocking speed. London was blitzed by the Luftwaffe, and U-boats harried Allied shipping. But Germany hadn't actually won the Battle of Britain or the Battle of the Atlantic, and was not producing airplanes or submarines fast enough. And what looked like victory in Greece and Crete had expended crucial resources in short supply. In [this book], while Germany's invasion of Russia unfolds in the east, in the west, the Americans formally enter the war"-- Provided by publisher. 20201201. World War, 1939-1945 United States. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Soviet Union. War in the West ; 2. QS5