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Advance Britannia

How the Second World War Was Won, 1942-1945

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Advance Britannia

By: Alan Allport
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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By 1942, Churchill faced a vastly different war than the one he'd inherited from Neville Chamberlain. Britain was no longer alone; the Soviets were now an unlikely ally in the East, and Pearl Harbor had finally pushed America into action. Yet the scale of violence remained unchanged. On average, seven British men, women and children were killed every hour of the Second World War. The country would never be the same again.

In Advance Britannia, historian Alan Allport reveals the war as it was lived - from the battlefields to the ration books, in the War Ministry and in the air raid shelters. Mixing social history with dramatic storytelling, this is a definitive account of the war that reshaped the world.

©2025 Alan Allport (P)2024 Penguin Random House LLC
Military Military & War World War II War Imperialism Self-Determination Middle Ages Winston Churchill Soviet Union Interwar Period Royalty Russia Africa
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