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The Oxford History of World War II The twelve historians who contributed to The Oxford History of World War II are all distinguished authorities in their field. Theyare: RICHARDBESSEL,UniversityofYork PATRICIACLAVIN,UniversityofOxford DAVIDEDGERTON,ImperialCollegeLondon DAVIDFRENCH,UniversityCollegeLondon ERICGROVE,LiverpoolHopeUniversity NICOLALABANCA,UniversityofSiena STEVENHUGHLEE,UniversityofBritishColumbia EVANMAWDSLEY,UniversityofGlasgow RICHARDOVERY,UniversityofExeter GEOFFREYROBERTS,UniversityCollegeCork MICHAELSNAPE,UniversityofBirmingham DAVIDWELCH,UniversityofKent The Oxford History of World War II Editedby RICHARD OVERY GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©OxfordUniversityPress2023 Thetextofthiseditionwasfirstpublishedin TheOxfordIllustratedHistoryofWorldWarTwoin2015 ThemoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenassertedFirstpublished2015 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2023930054 ISBN 978–0–19–288408–4 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780192884084.001.0001 PrintedandboundintheUKby ClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. ’ Editor s Preface TheSecondWorldWarisnowthreegenerationsaway,theanniver- saryofitsendin2015seventyyearssincetheconflictformallyended. Thewarhasleftalongshadowacrossthesecondhalfofthetwentieth century.Memorializationofitsvictimscontinuesandpopularfascin- ationwithitshistoryisunabated.UnliketheGreatWarof1914–18, the second conflict affected literally the whole world; it resulted in aroundfivetimesasmanydeaths;anditwaspunctuatedbyremark- able moments of drama and sacrifice, all of which explains that persistent interest. The chronological distance from the war has, however,allowedhistorianstothinkdifferentlyabouthowtodescribe and define it, how to explain its course, and above all what subjects should now concern us when considering wartime experience. The OxfordHistoryofWorldWarIIfollowsaproudtraditioninthePressin producing up-to-date and volumes on a range of historical subjects. The current volume is designed to introduce a range of themes that are less commonly found in general histories of the war and which reflect current developments in historical scholarship. My task as General Editor has been made easier thanks to the quality of the different contributions and the helpfulness and patience of the con- tributors during the editorial process. I am grateful to the team at Oxford University Press for all their help in turning this into a successful volume, in particular to Matthew Cotton, Kim Behrens, KizzyTaylor-Richelieu,andPaulSimmons,whodrewthemaps.The result is, I hope, a fitting way to re-examine a conflict that with the passage of time remains a lived experience for only a few but which hasbecomeintheintervalavibrantexampleoflivinghistory. RICHARDOVERY ExeterandLondon,2014 Contents ListofMaps ix Introduction:TotalWar—GlobalWar 1 RichardOvery 1. TheGenesisofWorldWar 9 PatriciaClavin 2. TheJapaneseEmpireatWar,1931–1945 31 StevenHughLee 3. TheItalianWars 68 NicolaLabanca 4. TheGermanWars 104 RichardOvery 5. TheWestandtheWaratSea 125 EricGrove 6. TheAlliesfromDefeattoVictory 157 EvanMawdsley 7. FightingPower:War-MakingandMilitaryInnovation 190 DavidFrench 8. EconomiesinTotalWar 219 RichardOvery 9. FrontLineI:ArmedForcesatWar 241 MichaelSnape 10. FrontLineII:CiviliansatWar 275 RichardOvery 11. UnnaturalDeaths 301 RichardBessel viii Contents 12. BrainsatWar:InventionandExperts 322 DavidEdgerton 13. TheCultureofWar:Ideas,Arts,andPropaganda 347 DavidWelch 14. FromWorldWartoColdWar 372 GeoffreyRoberts Maps 399 FurtherReading 421 Index 441 List of Maps 1. Axisterritorialexpansion,1938–42 399 2. Japaneseterritorialexpansion,1931–42 400 3. TheGermancampaigninPoland,September1939 402 4. GermaninvasionintheWest,May1940 403 5. TheBattleofBritain 404 6. Japan’scampaignsinChina,1937–45 405 7. Japan’sadvanceinthePacificWar,1941–2 406 8. TheBattleoftheAtlantic,1943 408 9. OperationBarbarossa,1941 409 10. ThebombingcampaignsinEurope,1940–5 410 11. ThewarinItaly,1943–5 412 12. GermandefeatintheEast,1943–5 413 13. TheHolocaustinEurope,1941–5 414 14. TheAlliedinvasionofFrance 415 15. ThedefeatofGermanyintheWest 416 16. ThedefeatofJapaninthePacificWar 417 17. ThecampaignsinBurma,1942–5 418 18. TheColdWardivisionofEurope 419 19. TheKoreanWar 420
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