1948-1956 The Second World War

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Complete in six volumes. With the first edition of each volume. The memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. These writings detail his life and the events throughout the Second World War. Volume I The Gathering Storm, 1948. Covers the period from Peace at its Zenith 1922-1931 to Naval losses in the Norwegian campaign April-June 1940. With fourteen maps and diagrams, one of which is a folding plate. Collated complete. Volume II Their Finest Hour, 1949. Covers the period from the National coalition to desert victory and ocean peril. With twenty illustrations, three of which are on folding plates. Collated complete. Volume III The Grand Alliance, 1950. Covers the period from the widening war to Anglo-American accords. With twenty-four illustrations, three of which are on folding plates. Collated complete. Volume IV The Hinge of Fate, 1951. Covers the period from the onslaught of Japan to the redemption of Africa. With two facsimiles and thirty six illustrations, five of which are on folding plates. Collated complete. Volume V Closing the Ring, 1952. Covers the period from the conquest of Sicily to the strategy against Japan. With twenty illustrations, four of which are on folding plates. Collated complete. Volume VI Triumph and Tragedy, 1954. Covers the period from D Day to Potsdam: The Polish Frontiers. With twenty-seven illustrations, eleven of which are on folding plates. Collated complete.