U dobrom stanju, 1 izdanje (UK) A firm book, internally spotless. Dust jacket spine slightly sunned Size: 8 1/2 X 5 1/2`. Publisher: Cassell, London Publication Date: 1952 Binding: Hard Cover Book Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: Good Edition: First Edition. Winston Churchill - The Second World War, Vol. 5 THE FIFTH VOLUME OF Mr. Churchill’s memoirs covers the decisive twelve months between June 1943 and June 1944. The command of the seas had returned into Allied hands, the U-boats were mastered, and the Luftwaffe beaten in the skies. These achievements made possible that “closing of the ring” which was to extinguish Axis resistance and eventually end the war. “The danger which faced the United Nations was no longer Defeat but Stalemate. Before them lay the formidable task of invading the aggressors in their homelands”. It is with the tackling of this task that the fifth volume of Mr. Churchill’s history is occupied. The problem was faced at the conferences at Quebec, Washington and Teheran—all of which are here described in detail. Frankly and unreservedly Mr. Churchill recounts the differences and divergences of opinion between the three great partners, Britain, U.S.A., and Russia and tells how agreement was reached upon all the supreme issues. The story of alternating successes and failures, of hopes and disappointments, and of ever-growing confidence in victory leads us, in this volume, to the eve of the landing in Normandy, the climax of the war. Africa was cleared; Japan was recoiling on her own homeland; India need no longer fear invasion; Italy, freed from the Fascist yoke, fighting side by side with the Allies; Russian armies were driving the German invaders back into their own country. “While I sat in my chair in the Map Room of the Annexe”, writes Mr. Chur- ` chill as he concludes this volume, “the thrilling news of the capture of Rome arrived. The immense cross-Channel enterprise for the liberation of France had begun. All the ships were at sea. We had the mastery of the ocean and the air. The Hider tyranny was doomed.” Vinston Čerčil - Drugi svetski rat