A War To Be Won

Fighting the Second World War

Williamson Murray

Allan R. Millett

    1. Origins of a Catastrophe

    2. The Revolution in Military Operations, 1919–1939

    3. German Designs, 1939–1940

    4. Germany Triumphant, 1940

    5. Diversions in the Mediterranean and Balkans, 1940–1941

    6. Barbarossa, 1941

    7. The Origins of the Asia-Pacific War, 1919–1941

    8. The Japanese War of Conquest, 1941–1942

    9. The Asia-Pacific War, 1942–1944

    10. The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939–1943

    11. Year of Decision for Germany, 1942

    12. The Combined Bomber Offensive, 1941—1945

    13. The Destruction of Japanese Naval Power, 1943–1944

    14. The Killing Time, 1943–1944

    15. The Invasion of France, 1944

    16. The End in Europe, 1944–1945

    17. The Destruction of the Japanese Empire, 1944–1945

    18. The End of the Asia-Pacific War, 1945

    19. Peoples at War, 1937–1945

    20. The Aftermath of War

    Epilogue: In Retrospect

    Appendixes

    1. Military Organization

    2. The Conduct of War

    3. Weapons

    4. Exploring World War II

    Notes

    Suggested Reading

    Acknowledgments

    Illustration Credits

    Index

  • Cover: A War To Be Won
  • A photo of the author

photo of Williamson Murray (top); Allan R. Millett (below)

Williamson Murray is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analysis, Washington, D.C.