The devastation caused by the World Wars I & II is remembered even today. These wars shattered the lives of thousands of people and posed a serious threat to mankind as such. The brutalities and atrocities committed on humanity is highly condemnable. Use of lethal weapons, the fierce atom bomb attacks lead to destabilisation of millions of people.
This book gives an account of the sequence of events which lead to the happenings of these wars. A special feature of this book is the analysis and impact of different strategies and tactics, from the perspective of a common reader, to understand why different battles were fought in a particular manner. It gives the message that no such war should be fought in the future because that would be fatal for the humanity.

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Contents

Preface —Pgs. 5

World War – 1

(1914-1918)

1. Causes of the First Great War —Pgs. 11

2. German Onslaught in France —Pgs. 21

3. The Christmas Truce —Pgs. 27

4. The Russian Campaign —Pgs. 34

5. The German Expansion —Pgs. 41

6. Verdun and Somme —Pgs. 51

7. War on Other Fronts —Pgs. 59

8. America Enters War —Pgs. 64

9. War in Western Europe —Pgs. 71

10. Battle of Picardy —Pgs. 76

11. The Allied Counter Offensive —Pgs. 83

12. Fall of Central Powers —Pgs. 90

13. Consequences of the First World War —Pgs. 95

World War – 2

(1939-1945)

14. The Second World War in Perspective —Pgs. 105

15. Onset of Hostilities in China —Pgs. 111

16. German Invasion Begins —Pgs. 119

17. Further German Advance —Pgs. 125

18. Fall of Paris —Pgs. 133

19. Dunkirk Withdrawal —Pgs. 139

20. Enlistment for War —Pgs. 146

21. The French Fleet —Pgs. 150

22. Battle of Britain —Pgs. 153

23. Air Raids on London —Pgs. 160

24. War in the Air —Pgs. 165

25. Expansion of War —Pgs. 170

26. Germany Turns to Russia —Pgs. 177

27. German Invasion of Russia —Pgs. 184

28. Valiant People of Leningrad —Pgs. 191

29. War at Sea —Pgs. 196

30. Attack on Pearl Harbour —Pgs. 200

31. Struggle in Africa —Pgs. 206

32. War in the Pacific —Pgs. 217

33. Fighting in Western Europe —Pgs. 224

34. Jungle Warfare —Pgs. 232

35. Counter-attack by Soviet Union —Pgs. 240

36. It’s War, Damned —Pgs. 246

37. Hitler Commits Suicide —Pgs. 252

38. The Chinese-Japanese Hostilities —Pgs. 255

39. American-Japanese Tussle —Pgs. 262

40. Holocaust Over Hiroshima and Nagasaki —Pgs. 266

41. Conclusion —Pgs. 268

 

Major Rajpal Singh is Director in Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and was commissioned to Territorial Army (TA) in 2004. He is known as Territorial Army (TA) Poster boy as his photographs were used in various promotional material and activities of TA. He is also on the Board and Executive Councils of various National organisations like SAI, NSDF, SPEFL-SC (NSDC), RGNYDI, QCI and so on. He was Executive Director of AIOE (ILO).
Rajpal was a National level Judo Player and Black belt 3rd Dan from International Judo Federation.
Rajpal Singh did his graduation from Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) & post graduation from Delhi School of Economics.  Thereafter, he finished his LLB & MBA (BIM-TECH).  He has distinction of doing Total Quality Management (TQM) Programme from Japan. Major Rajpal is life member of many prominent institutes like Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), Defence Services Officers’ Institute (DSOI) and United Services Institute (USI).