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Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin were partners in the fight to defeat Hitler, yet they were also rivals who disagreed on strategy, imperialism and the future of liberated Europe. Only by looking at their points of conflict, as well as of co-operation, are we able to understand the course of the war and world that developed in its aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Bouverie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56069116002682,"sku":"9781847926227","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781847926227.jpg?v=1776432896"},{"product_id":"9781399714495","title":"1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the fate of the world is decided, so too is that of the British, Dutch and French empires. In India a generation committed to independence must decide whether to support 'the Raj' or fight alongside the Japanese. One military family is bitterly divided. Will it be the brother who fights under British command, or the one who follows Subhas Chandra Bose and his Indian National Army, who goes on to help build a new and free India? In Borneo a little known Australian special forces campaign - secretly controlled from London - goes horribly wrong as questions are asked about whether its true purpose is military or imperial. And in Indochina and the East Indies British Generals free and arm Japanese prisoners of war and use them in savage campaigns that aim to put colonial rulers back into their palaces. 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Drawing on previously untranslated German, Russian and Polish sources, we see how sophisticated new forms of deception and ruthless Partisan warfare shifted the Soviets' fortunes, how their triumphs gave Stalin authority to occupy Eastern Europe and how it was the events of 1944 that enabled Stalin to dictate the terms of the post-war settlement, laying the foundations for the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Dimbleby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55329364148602,"sku":"9780241993712","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780241993712.jpg?v=1763737248"},{"product_id":"9780008713140","title":"Lest we forget","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA monumental new history of British conflict, publishing for the eightieth anniversary of VE Day\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Impressive. 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