Skip to main content

1940: Myth and Reality

by Clive Ponting

65 Members (4.13)

On This Page

Recommendations

Author Information

Common Knowledge

Classifications

Description

Britain's Finest Hour revealed as a muddle of ineptitude and propaganda. Thoroughly researched and well written, Clive Ponting's book stands just about every preconceived notion concerning Britain's role in World War II on its head. --William L. O'Neill

Tags

Recommendations

Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastings

Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945

The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill

The Gathering Storm

Winston S. Churchill

Their Finest Hour by Winston S. Churchill

Their Finest Hour

Winston S. Churchill

Myth Of The Blitz by Angus Calder

Myth Of The Blitz

The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS by Heinz Höhne

The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS

The People's War: Britain, 1939-45 by Angus Calder

The People's War: Britain, 1939-45

Churchill's Generals by John Keegan

Churchill's Generals

Bomber Harris: The story of marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris by Dudley Saward

Bomber Harris: The story of marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris

The Grand Alliance by Winston S. Churchill

The Grand Alliance

Winston S. Churchill

The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality by Richard Overy

The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality

The Hinge of Fate by Winston S. Churchill

The Hinge of Fate

Winston S. Churchill

The Right to Know: The Inside Story of the Belgrano Affair by Clive Ponting

The Right to Know: The Inside Story of the Belgrano Affair

1945: The World We Fought for by Robert Kee

1945: The World We Fought for

Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain by Len Deighton

Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

1943: The Victory That Never Was by John Grigg

1943: The Victory That Never Was

The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War by Paul Addison

The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

Whitehall: Tragedy and Farce by Clive Ponting

Whitehall: Tragedy and Farce

Closing the Ring by Winston S. Churchill

Closing the Ring

Winston S. Churchill

Triumph and Tragedy by Winston S. Churchill

Triumph and Tragedy

Winston S. Churchill

The Crimean War: The Truth Behind the Myth by Clive Ponting

The Crimean War: The Truth Behind the Myth

The turn of the tide, 1939-1943 by Arthur Bryant

The turn of the tide, 1939-1943

With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda

With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain

Rich Relations: The American Occupation of Britain, 1942-1945 by David Reynolds

Rich Relations: The American Occupation of Britain, 1942-1945

The Battle of Britain: Five Months that Changed History, May - October 1940 by James Holland

The Battle of Britain: Five Months that Changed History, May - October 1940

The War Lords by A. J. P. Taylor

A. J. P. Taylor

Spitfire Summer: People's Eye-view of the Battle of Britain by Peter Haining

Spitfire Summer: People's Eye-view of the Battle of Britain

The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper

The Last Days of Hitler

Hugh Trevor-Roper

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II by Richard Alexander Hough

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II

Richard Alexander Hough

War Plan UK (Paladin Bks.) by Duncan Campbell

War Plan UK (Paladin Bks.)

Duncan Campbell

The World within War: America's Combat Experience in World War II by Gerald F. Linderman

The World within War: America's Combat Experience in World War II

Gerald F. Linderman

The Origins of the Second World War: 1919-1939 by A. J. P. Taylor

The Origins of the Second World War: 1919-1939

A. J. P. Taylor

Why the Allies Won by Richard Overy

Why the Allies Won

A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard L. Weinberg

A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

Gerhard L. Weinberg

Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson

Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J. Buchanan

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World

Patrick J. Buchanan

Operation Sea Lion by Peter Fleming

Operation Sea Lion

The Twentieth Century: A World History by Clive Ponting

The Twentieth Century: A World History

The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo by Walter Lord

The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II by Antony Beevor

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

Total War: The Story of World War II by Peter Calvocoressi

Total War: The Story of World War II

Peter Calvocoressi

The Few: The American "Knights Of The Air" Who Risked Everything To Fight In The Battle Of Britain by Alex Kershaw

The Few: The American "Knights Of The Air" Who Risked Everything To Fight In The Battle Of Britain

Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War by Paul Fussell

Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War

Resistance in Europe, 1939-1945 : based on the proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Salford, March 1973 by Stephen Hawes

Resistance in Europe, 1939-1945 : based on the proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Salford, March 1973

The Web of Deceit: Britain's Real Role in the World by Mark Curtis

The Web of Deceit: Britain's Real Role in the World

Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester

The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932

William Manchester

London At War by Philip Ziegler

Churchill's War: The Struggle for Power by David Irving

Churchill's War: The Struggle for Power

To Lose a Battle: France 1940 by Alistair Horne

To Lose a Battle: France 1940

Complete Recommendations

Member Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
½1
3

0 reviews

Ratings

bduguid 55 reviews

fed_pratt 1 review

pilgrimheart 1 review

½

Members

Recently Added By: Cicero, MystralMac, StephenMynott, Victoire9, CurzonDax, eufauladormitory, fed_pratt, historysmyth, VintageAeroWriter

Lists

What A Year: Books titled with a particular year

147 works; 2 members

Author Information

Picture of author.

17 Works 981 Members

Common Knowledge

Important events: World War II (1939 | 1945); Fall of France (1940-05-10 | 1940-06-22); Battle of Dunkirk (1940-05-26 | 1940-06-04); Dunkirk Evacuation (1940-05-27 | 1940-06-04); Battle of Britain (1940)

Statistics

Members: 65
Popularity: 479,208
Rating: (4.13)

Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 4

Quick Facts

Published: 1990
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 941.084
LCC: DA587 .P58

Author

Picture of author.

17 Works 981 Members

Popular Covers

Find It

Links

No links

Ratings

Stars: (4.13)

Click to expand

Click to reduce

Helpers

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson