The first victory : the Second World War and the East African campaign / by Stewart, Andrew, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: a forgotten campaign -- Strategic miscalculation -- Hoping for the best -- War comes to East Africa -- Imperial defeat: the surrender of British Somaliland -- Preparing for the counter-offensive -- The advance from Kenya -- Second front: striking from the Sudan -- Triumph in the mountains: the Battle of Keren -- A third front: the patriots -- Winning the war, worrying about the peace -- Conclusion: the British empire's first victory.…”
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War, nation, memory : international perspectives on World War II in school history textbooks / by Crawford, Keith, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The destruction of Dresden in English history textbooks -- Wartime resistance and collaboration in French history textbooks -- The Sino-Japanese war and the politics of official remembrance in the people's republic of China -- Responsibility and victimhood in Japanese history textbooks -- Ideology and narrative: portrayals of World War II in U.S. history textbooks -- Textbook portrayals of British women during World War II, 1942-2004 -- The British empire and commonwealth in World War II: selection and omission in English history textbooks -- Postscript: World War II and the landscape of memory.…”
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December 1941 : twelve days that began a world war / by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world.…”
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Britain's war. by Todman, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…; 17 The Battle of Britain; 18 The Means of Victory; 19 The Beginning of the Blitz; 20 Taking It; 21 The Battle of the British Empire; 22 Britain Beyond the Blitz; 23 Production and Reconstruction; Part Five: Total War; 24 The Widening War; 25 Atlantic Crossings; 26 The End of the Beginning; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.…”
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Monty's Highlanders : 51st Highland Division in the Second World War / by Delaforce, Patrick

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Of islands, ports and sea lanes : Africa and the Indian Ocean in the Second World War / by Jackson, Ashley

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Islam and Nazi Germany's war / by Motadel, David

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The Second World War : a Marxist history / by Bambery, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Japan Defeated10 The East is Red; China; Korea; Vietnam; Malaya; The Philippines; Indonesia; 11 The Post-War World; The American Century is Declared; The Passing of the British Empire; India; The Middle East; The End of the French Empire; Conclusion; Towards a Marxist Interpretation of the War; Was Revolution Possible?…”
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The war for the seas : a maritime history of World War II / by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

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Studies in Contemporary Jewry : Volume XIII: The Fate of the European Jews, 1939-1945: Continuity or Contingency?.

Table of Contents: “….), False Havens: The British Empire and the Holocaust; Lucjan Dobroszycki, Reptile Journalism: The Official Polish-Language Press Under the Nazis, 1938-1945; Eugenia Gurin-Loov, Shoah-Suur Häving: Eesti Juutide Katastroof 1941 (The Holocaust of Estonian Jews, 1941); Israel Gutman, Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; David A. …”
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