The Second World War (book) - Editions

Editions

The Second World War has been issued in editions of six, twelve, and four volumes. Some of the volumes in these editions share names, such as Triumph and Tragedy, but the contents of these volumes are necessarily different, covering as they do differing proportions of the whole book.

First edition (hardcover) in six volumes
  1. The Gathering Storm (1948)
  2. Their Finest Hour (1949)
  3. The Grand Alliance (1950)
  4. The Hinge of Fate (1950)
  5. Closing the Ring (1951)
  6. Triumph and Tragedy (1953)
Full paperback edition in twelve volumes
  1. The Gathering Storm
  2. The Twilight War
  3. The Fall of France
  4. The Commonwealth Alone
  5. Germany Drives East
  6. War Comes to America
  7. The Onslaught of Japan
  8. Victory in Africa
  9. The Invasion of Italy
  10. Assault from the Air
  11. The Tide of Victory
  12. Triumph and Tragedy
Condensed edition in four volumes
  1. Milestones to Disaster
  2. Alone
  3. The Grand Alliance
  4. Triumph and Tragedy

The Second World War is also available in a single-volume abridgement.

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