CLOSING THE RING covers the decisive 12 months between June 1943 and June 1944. Command of the seas had returned to Allied hands, the U-boats were mastered and the Luftwaffe beaten. These achievements made possible the 'closing of the ring' which was to extinguish Axis resistance and eventually end the war.
The danger was no longer defeat but stalemate. Russian armies were driving the German invaders back into their own country, Italy was freed from the fascist yoke and Africa was cleared. However, before the Allies lay the formidable task of invading the aggressors in their own land. Frankly and unreservedly, Sir Winston Churchill reveals the tensions and divergences of opinions concerning how best to achieve this among the three great partners, Britain, USA and Russia.
- ISBN10 0304918024
- ISBN13 9780304918027
- Publish Date 1 January 1950
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Cassell Reference
- Format Hardcover
- Language English