Second World War (3)

Alastair Finlan is a Professor of War Studies at the Swedish Defence University. He is the author of numerous books on military culture, Special Forces and modern warfare, including Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror: US and UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001-2012 (Bloomsbury, 2014).Mark J Grove is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Strategic Studies and International Affairs, Britannia Royal Naval College, and lectures part time in the Department of Politics, University of Plymouth. He has a particular interest in amphibious warfare.Philip D Grove joined the Department of Strategic Studies and International Affairs, Britannia Royal Naval College in 1993. In 2014 he was appointed Head of Maritime Aviation Studied in the new Dartmouth Security and Seapower Centre.

• IntroductionChronologyBackground to warWarring sidesThe fightingPortrait of a soldierThe world around warPortrait of a civilianHow the war endedConclusion and consequencesFurther reading