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Chester Wilmot - School Essays

Chester Wilmot

Though this student looked in Who's Who and Contemporary Authors, no
information on could be found. One considered searching the
Directory of American Scholars, but that would not be helpful since he is
from Australia.
In The Struggle for Europe, Wilmot seeks to explain several points. First,
he explores and explains how the western allies succeeded militarily but
failed politically during World War II. He then elaborates on how and why
the western allies crushed the Nazi regime; yet, they allowed the Soviet
Union to overtake Eastern Europe and block the Atlantic Charter from taking
effect in those nations. Third, the author discusses Hitler's defeat and
Stalin's victory. Fourthly, he ...

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he uses the Normandy invasion to illustrate its full
effectiveness. Also included are discussions on the concessions granted to
Stalin by the Allies in general, and Franklin D. Roosevelt in particular.
President Roosevelt believed that Stalin wanted security for his country
with no territorial acquisitions in mind. In order to give the Soviet
leader his second front in Europe, FDR also put the Japanese problem in the
Pacific aside.

By providing the reader with first-hand quotes and writings from the Nazi
war machine's hierarchy, Wilmot looks at the external and internal workings
of the German Wehrmacht in meticulous detail. The U-boat campaign, the
inadequacies of the Luftwaffe, and the shortcomings of the Panzer divisions
are discussed. The war, from April 1940 to May 1945, is expertly covered.
He details various meetings of Allied and Axis partners, various battles,
and various strategies. In this study, the author used very readable and
easily accessible language. Events ...

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Added: 6/14/2004 07:33:48 AM
Category: Biographies
Type: Free Paper
Words: 1108
Pages: 5

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