1943: The Victory That Never Was - Softcover
On 6 June 1944, D Day, Allied troops landed in France, opening the way to eventual victory. In this reappraisal of the course of the Second World War John Grigg suggests that the Allied invasion could have been launched successfully in 1943.
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John Grigg first became famous when, after criticising the Queen's advisers, he resigned his peerage as Lord Altrincham in 1957. He is the author of many distinguished books, including THE YOUNG LLOYD GEORGE (1973), LLOYD GEORGE: THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION (1978), and LLOYD GEORGE: FROM PEACE TO WAR (1985). The second of these won the Whitbread Prize for biography, the third the Wolfson Prize for history.
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- PublisherMethuen Publishing Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0413590305
- ISBN 13 9780413590305
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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