{"title":"Jonathan Dimbleby","description":"Jonathan Dimbleby is a writer, broadcaster and filmmaker. His books include Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People, and the highly acclaimed Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein.","products":[{"product_id":"the-battle-of-the-atlantic-how-the-allies-won-the-war-paperback","title":"The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,\" wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War II. His fear was shared by many. The North Atlantic was arguably the true front of the war for Europe, and the stakes there were terrifyingly high. Had Germany succeeded in cutting off the supply of American ships, England might not have held out. In a cable to Churchill in May 1941, Franklin Roosevelt put it plainly, \"I believe the outcome of this struggle is going to be decided in the Atlantic and unless Hitler can win there he cannot win anywhere in the world in the end.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHitler knew what was at stake. The shipping lanes of the Atlantic became the main target of the Kriegsmarine operations early in the war. Between 1940 and 1945 the death rate there was higher than in any other theater of the entire war, for both sides. The enemy was always and constantly there and waiting, lying just over the horizon or lurking beneath the waves. The conflict consisted of not one battle but hundreds, ranging from hours to days in duration, and forcing both sides into constant innovation and white-knuckled, nightmarish second-guessing, trying desperately to gain the advantage of every encounter. Some of this took place in treacherous seas with mountainous swells, in water so cold that survival in it could be counted in mere minutes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Dimbleby's \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of the Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e offers a detailed and immersive account of this massive and decisive campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the role of Bletchley Park and the complex and dynamic relationship between America and England. He uses contemporary diaries and letters from leaders and sailors to chilling effect, evoking the lives and experiences of those who fought. This is the definitive account of the longest battle of World War II.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365703647455,"sku":"9780190905835","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DCtk5s2hI9780190905835.webp?v=1789070141"},{"product_id":"battle-of-the-atlantic-how-the-allies-won-the-war-hardcover","title":"Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,\" wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. Churchill's fears were well-placed-the casualty rate in the Atlantic was higher than in any other theater of the entire war. The enemy was always and constantly there and waiting, lying just over the horizon or lurking beneath the waves. In many ways, the Atlantic shipping lanes, where U-boats preyed on American ships, were the true front of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland's very survival depended on assistance from the United States, much of which was transported across the ocean by boat. The shipping lanes thus became the main target of German naval operations between 1940 and 1945. The Battle of the Atlantic and the men who fought it were therefore crucial to both sides. Had Germany succeeded in cutting off the supply of American ships, England might not have held out. Yet had Churchill siphoned reinforcements to the naval effort earlier, thousands of lives might have been preserved. The battle consisted of not one but hundreds of battles, ranging from hours to days in duration, and forcing both sides into constant innovation and nightmarish second-guessing, trying desperately to gain the advantage of every encounter. Any changes to the events of this series of battles, and the outcome of the war-as well as the future of Europe and the world-would have been dramatically different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Dimbleby's \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of the Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the role of Bletchley Park and the complex and dynamic relationship between America and England. He uses contemporary diaries and letters from leaders and sailors to chilling effect, evoking the lives and experiences of those who fought the longest battle of World War Two. 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Often seen as the turning point of the war in Europe, \u003cem\u003eOperation Barbarossa\u003c\/em\u003e turned allies into mortal enemies, triggering the atrocities that would characterize the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorians have spent generations puzzling over\u003cem\u003e Barbarossa\u003c\/em\u003e. For Hitler and the other Nazi leaders, who began planning the invasion even as the pact with the Soviets was in full force, the invasion would annihilate communism, eradicate inferior races, and provide the German people (and military) with resources that would guarantee not just survival but global domination. What followed was catastrophe. Between June, when the invasion began, and December 1941, when it stalled, some six million men were killed, wounded, or registered as missing in action. Soldiers on both sides committed atrocities on a scale that few events in the history of warfare can rival. When German commanders were forced to retreat, it was clear to the world clear that the German war machine was not only not infallible but fatally weakened. Once the invasion began to falter, it all but guaranteed the Germans would eventually lose the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eOperation Barbarossa\u003c\/em\u003e has been much written about in histories of World War Two. However, no single general-audience book focused purely on the operation dominates the field, either covering only aspects of what was a massive undertaking or simply outdated. Moreover, Dimbleby's book makes ample use of memoirs, diaries, and letters, along with unpublished and untranslated correspondence from newly opened Russian archives. 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For three years, following the onslaught of the German Army during Operation \u003cem\u003eBarbarossa \u003c\/em\u003ein June 1941, the Red Army had retreated and then eventually held, fighting to a stalemate while the Germans occupied and ravaged large parts of the Soviet Union and its republics. Finally, following the breaking of the German siege of Leningrad in January 1944, Stalin and his generals were able to consider striking back. In June, they launched Operation \u003cem\u003eBagration\u003c\/em\u003e, during which more than two million Red Army soldiers began an offensive, pushing west. The results were almost immediate and devastating. Within three weeks, Army Group Centre, the core of the German Army, had lost 28 of its 32 divisions. The ending had begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on new sources-some previously untranslated-including accounts from ordinary soldiers and witnesses, Jonathan Dimbleby chronicles this decisive year in what was arguably the most crucial front in the war against Nazi Germany, a front extending 1200 miles. He covers the military, political, and diplomatic aspects in his trademark accessible and evocative style, illuminating the major conflicts as well as the roles played by deception, Partisan fighting, and the war within a war in Ukraine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEndgame 1944\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how the Soviet victories enabled Stalin to dictate the terms of the post-war settlement, laying the foundations for the Cold War.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368243593439,"sku":"9780197765319","price":39.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/MUmmC6fqpg9780197765319.webp?v=1789125095"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jonathan-dimbleby.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}