The Closing of the Second World War: Twilight

This book, a worthy sequel to The Opening of the Second World War (Peter Lang, 1991), takes an unprecedented approach: the closing of the war from the losing side's point of view. The period discussed spans from January 1945, with the end of Hitler's last hope (the Ardennes counter-offensive), to the Japanese surrender in mid-August. The situation for the Axis is presented by German, Italian, and Japanese historians, and the "Allied" responses are by British, French, Russian, American, Slovene, and New Zealand scholars. The foreword covers commemorative events in Germany, Italy, and Japan in the period 1990-1999.

Foreword	p. xi
A Chronology of Events	p. lxvii
An Index of Leading Figures	p. lxxvii
A Table of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Terms	p. xciii
Introduction
Opening Statements Presented to the Conference by AUP Students	p. 3
Introduction to the Third International Conference	p. 5
Opening Address	p. 31
Excerpts from the Debate	p. 36
The Axis in the Face of Defeat
Military: Front-Line Operations in Europe
Chairman's Introduction	p. 39
The Wehrmacht: Eastern Front	p. 41
The Wehrmacht: Western Front	p. 49
The Wehrmacht: Southwestern Front (Italy), Southeastern Front (Balkans), and Oberkommando (Berlin)	p. 59
Chairman's Critique	p. 64
Excerpts from the Debate	p. 66
Military and Diplomatic: Germano-Japanese Relations
The View from Berlin	p. 69
The View from Tokyo	p. 82
Chairman's Critique	p. 89
Excerpts from the Debate	p. 90
Civilian: Propaganda and Morale
Chairman's Introduction	p. 93
Nazi Germany: Eastern Front	p. 95
Nazi Germany: Western Front	p. 105
Le "Gouvernement Donitz" et la capitulation	p. 111
L'Italie sous l'occupation nazie et la Republique Sociale Italienne	p. 121
Imperial Japan	p. 127
Germany: Response	p. 129
Germany: Response	p. 132
Italy: Response	p. 137
Japan: Response	p. 139
The Philippines: Response	p. 142
Chairman's Critique	p. 143
Excerpts from the Debate	p. 145
"In Victory, Magnanimity"
The Axis in Defeat
H.E. The Italian Ambassador, Cav. Luigi Guidobono Cavalchini	p. 159
Chairman's Introduction	p. 162
L'Italie sous l'occupation des Britanniques, des Francais, des Americains et des Yougoslaves	p. 167
Western Germany under the British, French, and Americans	p. 172
Eastern Germany under the Soviets	p. 185
Japan under the Americans	p. 191
Japan under the Americans	p. 199
Italy: Response	p. 200
Italy: Response	p. 203
The Balkans and Italy: Response	p. 208
Germany: Response	p. 211
Germany: Response	p. 213
Japan: Response	p. 216
The Philippines: Response	p. 220
Chairman's Critique	p. 221
Denazification and the Birth of the Cold War
Chairman's Introduction	p. 223
Inter-Allied Friction: The Western Perspective	p. 228
Inter-Allied Friction: The Soviet Perspective	p. 238
Response	p. 243
Response	p. 248
Response	p. 249
Chairman's Critique	p. 252
Excerpts from the Debate
Sanford Wolf	p. 254
The Summing-up for the Soviet Union	p. 264
The Summing-up for the Western Allies	p. 266
Annex
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Why Either, Why Both?	p. 271
Biographical Notes on the Contributors	p. 279
The Opening of the Second World War (New York and Zurich: Peter Lang, 1991): Corrigenda et Addenda	p. 287
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