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1、ForMarilynJ.SpencerandLoriFawcett,InLovingMemoryACKNOWLEDGMENTSSPECIALTHANKSTO:BarneyDombrowski,DennisCasey,RichardL.DiNardo,GeorgeBlagowidow,theeditorsandthestaffofStrategyandTacticsmaga-zine,themembersoftheNewYorkMilitaryAffairsSymposium,FunH.Fong,Jr.,BrianSullivan,PatrickA
2、bbazia,WayneMcKinney,Kath-leenWilliams,SteveLaroe,SusanLeon,BobShuman,RichardGar-czynski,JohnBoardman,DavidE.Schwartz,RogerCovington,LindaGrantDePauw,StevenJ.Zaloga,NormanFriedman,TomHolsinger,MikePeterson,TomTrinko,andMarySpencerNofi,whohastoputupwithoneofus.CONTENTSINTRODUC
3、TION111.TheRoadtoWar132.TheWorldatWar483.TheEuropeanWar,1939-19411304.TheEasternFront,1941-19451555.TheWarintheWest,1941-19451836.ThePacificWar,1941-19452767.WarintheShadows3458.MakingPeace366DIRTYLITTLEWORLDWARIITIMELINE381RECOMMENDEDREADING395INDEX401INTRODUCTIONThisisnotah
4、istoryofWorldWarII,butrevelationsaboutmanyofthelesser-knowndetails.Becauseitisabookoffacts,youdon'treaditfrombeginningtoend,butratheryoujumpinwhereveritstrikesyourfancy.Thereareoverthreehundredseparateitems,eachacompletestoryinitself.Asarule,muchoftheinformationfoundinonesect
5、ionofthebookwillusuallyalsobeapplicabletotheothersaswell.Afterall,althoughaircraftcarriersareinseparablyassociatedwiththePacificwar,theyalsoperformedyeomanserviceintheAtlanticandMediterranean,whiletheproblemsoftrooptransporttranscendedtheater.Afterreadingthisbook,you'llneverl
6、ookatWorldWarIIthesamewayagain.Wehavenotchangedthestoryofthatconflict;weareprovidinginformationaboutitthatisnotgenerallyknown.Weoftenlookatthesamesubjectfromseveraldifferentangles,givingyouabetterappreciationof,forexample,howablitzkriegwasconducted,whatittooktosupplypartisans
7、,andwhytheU.S.ArmyhadmoreshipsthantheU.S.Navy.WorldWarIIwasthemostenormoushumandramainhistory.Noonevolumecouldeverreallycomeclosetoexaminingalloftheunusual,andoftenimportant,aspectsofthis,history'sgreatestwar.Somuchhashadtobeleftout,fromthedramaofDunkirktotheU.S.Navy'scoal-bu
8、rning,paddle-wheelaircraftcarriersontheGreatLakes;fromtheMarineCorps
