The Second World War

The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm

This is the pocketbook version of Winston Churchhill 2-volume book on World War II. Released by Bantam Books.

Second World War

The eight uneasy, dangerous months from May to December 1940, as Britain stands isolated and Germany follows its war path.

The Grand Alliance

The New York Public Library, in looking back on the greatest books of the past century, called Churchill's history "monumental" and said that the author "drew upon thousands of his own memoranda and documents in British archives, but in the end, this epic is structured on his personal experiences and expresses his courage and astonishing self-confidence."

The Second World War, Volume 4: The Hinge of Fate

Winston Churchill says of the fourth volume of The Second World War, 'I have called this The Hinge Of Fate because in it we turn from almost uninterrupted disaster to almost unbroken success. For the first six months of this story all went ill; for the last six months everything went well. And this agreeable change continued to the end of the struggle

The Second World War, Volume 5: Closing the Ring

The drive to victory between June 1943 and July 1944, as the Allies consolidate their achievements, with enormous difficulty and great divergence of opinion

Triumph and Tragedy the Second World War

From the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944 the Second World War had only fourteen months to run. This final volume of the account covers events right up to the unconditional surrender of Japan. Churchill's six-volume history of World War II - the definitive work, remarkable both for its sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature.