Winston S. Churchill - Mémoires sur la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale (Complet: 3 Vols) - 1951-1957

Memories of the Second World War - Winston S. Churchill - Complete. 6 Volumes split into 3 substantial volumes - A monumental work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature - It is at once an exceptional historical testimony, a political autobiography, and a literary manifesto written by the former British Prime Minister, a central figure of the conflict -
Editions Le Sphynx, Brussels 1951; 1952; 1954 -
All copies are numbered: Copy No. 2984 - Full leather burgundy publisher bindings, upper boards titled in gold and illustrated with Churchill’s portrait encircled by a gold ring, spine with title and volume numbers gilded, boards and endpapers burgundy, 522+710+770 pages, format: 32 x 26 cm -
Abundantly and richly illustrated with heliogravure reproductions, produced by S.A. Rotogravure d'Art in Brussels - Volume 1.) 30 Maps / Volume 2.) 44 Maps / Volume 3.) 69 Maps -
Very well preserved copy. In Like New, Impeccable condition -
- Volume I.) The Storm Approaches -
Book 1.) From One War to Another: the follies of the victors - the height of peace 1922-1931 -
the danger lurks - Adolf Hitler - the lost years 1931-1935 - the sky darkens - loss of air parity 1934-1935 - provocation and response 1935 - air and sea problems 1935-1939 -
sanctions against Italy 1935 - Hitler strikes 1936 - between peace and war 1936-1937 - Germany in arms 1936-1938 - Mr. Eden at the Foreign Office. his resignation - the violation of Austria February 1938 - Czechoslovakia - the Munich tragedy - the Munich winter - Prague, Albania and the guarantee to Poland January-April 1939 - the Soviet enigma - threshold of war - Appendices A,B,C,D -
Book 2.) The Way of Peace "the Funny War": the war - the Admiralty’s burden - the collapse of Poland - the problems of the War Cabinet - the Front in France - the struggle grows sterner - the magnetic mine November-December 1939 - the Battle of the River Plate - Scandinavia and Finland - dark winter - before the storm March 1940 - the shock at sea April 1940 - Narvik - Trondheim - our troubles in Norway - end of the campaign in Norway - the fall of the government -
- Volume II.) The Grim Hour -
Book 1.) The Fall of France: the national union - the Battle of France. first week: Gamelin 10-16 May - the Battle of France. second week: Weygand 17-24 May - the sea-march 24-31 May - the Dunkirk evacuation 26 May-4 June - the race for spoils - return to France 4-12 June - the defense of the homeland. June - France’s agony - the Bordeaux Armistice - Admiral Darlan and the French fleet. Hers-el-Kebir - the instrument of counterattack - in dire straits. July 1940 -
the invasion problem - Operation Mouse (Otarie) - Appendix A - Table of Maps -
Book 2.) Britain Alone: the Battle of Britain - the Blitz - London endures - the war of wizards - American destroyers and Caribbean bases - Egypt and the Middle East - the Mediterranean route - the critical hours of September - Dakar - Eden’s mission - relations with Vichy and with Spain - Mussolini attacks Greece - Lend-Lease - Germany and Russia - perils of the sea - the Desert victory - Appendices -
- Volume III.) The Grand Alliance: Preface -
Book 1.) Russia Invaded: our Soviet ally - a pause in Africa: the defense of Tobruk - my meeting with Roosevelt - the Atlantic Charter - aid to Russia - Persia and the Middle East - the growth of British power - closer ties with Russia - the road ahead - Operation Crusader - Japan - Pearl Harbor - journey into a world at war - the proposed plan for the conduct of the war - Washington and Ottawa - Anglo-American agreements - return to the storm - Appendices -
Book 2.) America at War: the Desert and the Balkans - the widening of the war - the Blitz and the Counter-Blitz - the war in the Mediterranean - conquest of the Italian colonial empire - we decide to help Greece - the Battle of the Atlantic 1941, Western landings - the Battle of the Atlantic 1941, American intervention - Yugoslavia - the Japanese envoy - our flank in the desert, Rommel, Tobruk - the Greek campaign - Tripoli and the operation Tiger - the uprising in Iraq - Crete: Prelude - the Battle of Crete - the fate of the Bismarck - Syria - ultimate effort by General Wavell: Operation Battleaxe - the Soviet Nemesis - Appendices -
- Volume IV.) The Turn of Fortune: Preface -
Book 1.) the Japanese Sprint: grave anxieties in Australia - a failure in the desert - harsh punishment in Malaya - a vote of confidence - ministerial reshuffle - the fall of Singapore - the paradise of submarines - loss of the Dutch Indies - the invasion of Burma - Ceylon and the Bay of Bengal - tonnage shortage - India, the Cripps Mission - Madagascar - American naval victories, the Coral Sea and Midway Island - Arctic convoys - the ether offensive - Malta and the desert - a Second Front at once - Molotov’s visit - from natural selection in strategy - Rommel attacks - my second visit to Washington - the censure motion - Appendices -
Book 2.) Africa Saved: the Eighth Army at bay - Operation Torch is decided - my journey to Cairo. Changes in command - Moscow. first meeting - Moscow. personal relations are formed - return to Cairo - Torch takes its final shape - a painful wait - the Soviet gratitude - the Battle of El Alamein - the Torch is lit - the Darlan affair - problems posed by victory - a meeting is indispensable - the Casablanca Conference - Adana and Tripoli - return and illness - Russia and the Western Allies - the victory in Tunisia - my third visit to Washington - problems of war and peace - the aim: Italy - Appendices -
- Volume V.) The Noose Tightens - Preface -
Book 1.) Italy Surrenders: mastery of the seas. Guadalcanal and New Guinea - the conquest of Sicily, July and August 1943 - the fall of Mussolini - on to the West: the artificial harbors - the Quebec Conference “Quadrant” - Italy: the armistice - a new stay at the White House - the Battle of Salerno. Return journey - stay at home - strained relations with General de Gaulle - the axis broken. Autumn 1943 - spoil of the Aegean islands - Hitler’s secret weapon - the third front at a standstill - resumption of Arctic convoys - Foreign Ministers’ Conference in Moscow - the three-way conference plans come to fruition. The great commands - Appendices -
Book 2.) From Tehran to Rome: Cairo - the Tehran Conference: opening - conversations and conferences - the Tehran Conference: the crucial day - the Tehran Conference: the conclusions - return to Cairo. The high command - in the ruins of Carthage. Anzio - Marrakech. Convalescence - Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia - the Anzio operation - the Italian campaign: Cassino - development of air offensive - the Greek turmoil - in Burma and beyond - strategy against Japan - preparations for Overlord - Rome. May 11-June 9 - eve of battle - Appendices -
- Volume VI.) Victory and Tragedy - Preface -
Book 1.) the Victory: D-Day - from Normandy to Paris - bombing by unmanned aircraft - should we attack in southern France? - convulsions in the Balkans: Russian victories - Italy and the landing in the south of France - Rome: the Greek problem - the summer offensive of Alexander - the martyrdom of Warsaw - the second Quebec Conference - progress in Burma - the Battle of Leyte - liberation of Western Europe - Prelude to a visit to Moscow -
October to Moscow - Paris - return to the offensive in the Ardennes - British intervention in Greece - Christmas in Athens - preparation for a new conference - Appendices -
Book 2.) The Iron Curtain - Yalta: plans for world peace - Russia and Poland: the Soviet promise - Yalta: the end - crossing the Rhine - the Polish quarrel - Soviet suspicions - divergences in Western strategic concepts - the moment supreme: the death of Roosevelt - tensions with Russia mount - the final advance - Alexander’s victory in Italy - the German capitulation - a difficult transition period - the abyss opens - end of the wartime coalition - a fateful decision - the defeat of Japan - Potsdam: the atomic bomb - Potsdam: Poland’s borders - end of my narrative - Appendices -