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Road to Victory1941–1945

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$45.00 Winston S. Churchill

Volume VII

Road to Victory, 1941–1945

By Martin Gilbert

Road to Victory takes up the story of “Churchill’s War”

at the moment where Finest Hour ended, the Japanese

attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and

carries it on to the triumph of V-E Day, May 8, 1945,

the end of the war in Europe.

Within a week of Pearl Harbor, Hitler and Mussolini had

declared war on the United States. �us Churchill,

Roosevelt, and Stalin were now leaders of the great

alliance that held the assurance of ultimate victory. But

in 1942, the �rst year of the new alliance, the war went

badly on every front, and Churchill faced serious

criticism at home.

Churchill’s war direction had to encompass not only a

dismal succession of setbacks and surrenders, but also the

con�icting ambitions and divergent strategies of the

Soviet Union and America: states whose leaders were

quick to recognize, even before Hitler was defeated, that

they had the power to back their strategic and political

demands.

In Road to Victory, Martin Gilbert charts Churchill’s

tortuous course through the storms of Anglo-American

and Anglo-Soviet suspicion and rivalry and between the

clashing priorities and ambitions of other forces em-

battled against the common enemy: between General de

Gaulle and his compatriots in France and the French

Empire; between Tito and other Yugoslav leaders;

between the Greek Communists and monarchists;

between the Polish government exiled in London and the

Soviet-controlled “Lublin” Poles.

Amid all these cares and dangers Churchill had to �nd

the course of prudence, of British national interest, and,

above all, of the earliest possible victory over Nazism. In

doing so he was guided by the most secret sources of

British Intelligence: the daily interception of the mes-

sages of the German High Command. �ese pages

reveal, as never before, the links between this secret

information and the resulting moves and successes

achieved by the Allies.

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Back cover: Victory Broadcast, 8 May 1945

SIR MARTIN GILBERT was born in England in 1936.

He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he

holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow

of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as

one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in

1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the

o�cial biographer of Winston Churchill. Since then he

has published six volumes of the Churchill biography,

and has edited—to date—twelve volumes of Churchill

documents. As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale

College, Michigan, he is currently completing the

Churchill document volumes.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir

Martin has published eighty books, including �e First

World War, �e Second World War, �e Somme: �e

Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, �e Day the War

Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth

Century. He has also written, as part of his series of ten

historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most

recently, Atlas of the Second World War.

Sir Martin’s �lm and television work has included a

documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill.

His other published works include Churchill: A Photo-

graphic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and

America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.

Sir Martin was made a Commander of the British

Empire (CBE) in 1988 “for services to education,” and

was knighted in 1995 “for services to British history and

international a�airs.” In 1999 he was awarded a Doctor-

ate of Literature by Oxford University for the totality of

his historical writing. In 2009 he was appointed to Her

Majesty’s Privy Council (becoming �e Right Honour-

able Sir Martin Gilbert), and served from 2009 to 2011

as a member of the British

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Never Despair1945–1965

WINSTON S.CHURCHILLBy Martin Gilbert

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Winston S. ChurchillVolume VIIINever Despair, 1945–1965by Martin Gilbert�e �nal volume of the o�cial biography spans Churchill’s life from the defeat of Germany in 1945 to his death nearly twenty years later. It sees him �rst at the pinnacle of his power, leader of a victorious Britain. In July 1945 at Potsdam, Churchill, Stalin, and Truman aimed to shape postwar Europe. But while still grappling with world issues Churchill returned to Britain for the general election results and was thrown out of o�ce.

For six years Churchill worked to restore the fortunes of Britain’s Conservative Party, while at the same time warning the world of Communist ambitions, urging the reconciliation of France and Germany, pioneering the concept of a united Europe, and seeking to maintain the closest possible links between Britain and the United States. His aim throughout was to achieve not confronta-tion with the Soviet Union but conciliation based �rmly upon Western strength and unity.

In October 1951 Churchill became prime minister for the second time. �e Great Powers were at peace, but under the shadow of a fearful new weapon, the hydrogen bomb. Hoping, after the election of Eisenhower in 1952 and the death of Stalin in 1953, for a fresh start in East–West relations, Churchill worked for a new summit conference; but in April 1955 ill health and pressure from colleagues forced him to resign.

In retirement Churchill traveled widely; took up painting again; completed the four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples; and watched as world con�icts contin-ued, still convinced that they could be resolved by states-manship. “Never despair” remained his watchword, and his faith, until the end. �at end came slowly; for those nearest to him it was a sad decline. Yet almost to his ninetieth year he was able to follow events with hope and faith in the ability of man to survive his own folly.No statesman of modern times—or indeed of any age-

has left such a wealth of personal letters, such a rich store of private and public documentation, such vivid memories in the minds of those who worked closest to him. �rough these materials, assembled by Martin Gilbert during more than twenty years, one is able to know Churchill in a way never before possible.

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Back cover: Churchill with his dog Rufus at Chartwell

SIR MARTIN GILBERT was born in England in 1936. He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the o�cial biographer of Winston Churchill. Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited—to date—twelve volumes of Churchill documents. As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published eighty books, including �e First World War, �e Second World War, �e Somme: �e Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, �e Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century. He has also written, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War.Sir Martin’s �lm and television work has included a

documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill. His other published works include Churchill: A Photo-graphic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.Sir Martin was made a Commander of the British

Empire (CBE) in 1988 “for services to education,” and was knighted in 1995 “for services to British history and international a�airs.” In 1999 he was awarded a Doctor-ate of Literature by Oxford University for the totality of his historical writing. In 2009 he was appointed to Her Majesty’s Privy Council (becoming �e Right Honour-able Sir Martin Gilbert), and served from 2009 to 2011 as a member of the British Government’s Iraq Inquiry.

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The Shadows of VictoryJanuary–July 1945

Martin Gilbert and Larry P. Arnn

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LARRY P. ARNN is the president of Hillsdale College, where he is also a professor of politics and history. He graduated with the highest distinction from Arkansas State University in 1974, and earned his M.A. in Government in 1976 and his Ph.D. in Government in 1985 from the Claremont Graduate School. He also spent four years studying in England, during which time he served as director of research for Martin Gilbert (1936–2015), the o�cial biographer of Winston Churchill. From 1985 to 2000 he served as president of the Clare-mont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.

Published widely in newspapers, magazines, and periodicals on issues of public policy, history, and political theory, Dr. Arnn is the author of Liberty and Learning: �e Evolution of American Education, �e Founders’ Key: �e Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It, and Churchill’s Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government.

�e Shadows of Victory, January–July 1945, is the �fth document volume to the seventh narrative volume, Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941–1945, and the �rst document volume to the eighth narrative volume, Winston S. Churchill: Never Despair, 1945–1965. �e document volumes for the remainder of 1945 through 1965 are forthcoming.

Back cover: “�e Big �ree” at Yalta, 4–11 February 1945. National Portrait Gallery

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The Churchill DocumentsVolume 21The Shadows of VictoryJanuary–July 1945Martin Gilbert and Larry P. Arnn

�is volume relates Winston Churchill’s story from January through July 1945. During these seven months, Churchill travelled 10,000 miles, wrote more than 1,400 pieces of correspondence, and delivered over two dozen speeches. He attended the Yalta Conference with Stalin and Roosevelt, and he then dealt with the political rami�cations of the latter’s death. He saw the defeat of Nazi Germany and the drawing shut of the Iron Curtain. He met with Stalin and Truman at Potsdam, but returned to England before the conference’s end following his loss in the July 5 General Election to Labour candidate Clement Attlee. �ese stories are known and preserved by Churchill’s letters, telegrams, minutes, and speeches. �is volume contains that record.

In the Preface to this volume, editor Larry P. Arnn summarizes the signi�cance of these seven months to Churchill and to the many peoples of the world: “�e �nal volume of Churchill’s �e Second World War is entitled Triumph and Tragedy. �e documents in this volume exhibit both. �e end of the war brought joy and relief to Churchill and to millions around the world. �e emergence of the Soviet Union as a dominant and expanding tyranny, its control established in Eastern Europe and stretching across Asia to the Paci�c, brought grief and appre-hension to Churchill and tragedy to millions more. Meanwhile, famine and disease stalked through the rubble of Europe. Churchill wrote to his wife on February 1: ‘�e misery of the whole world appals me and I fear increasingly that new struggles may arise out of those we are successfully ending.’”

Front cover: Churchill landing on the eastern bank of the Rhine River, 25 March 1945.

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From Hillsdale College Press“These volumes are one of the great works of history. And short of leading Great Britain through mankind’s most catastrophic war, there is no better education in statesmanship than to follow Churchill’s many forms of genius as they are brilliantly presented herein.”

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“A milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement. Sir Martin Gilbert’s life of Sir Winston Churchill—started by the subject’s son Randolph—is rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age. Wise, honest and all-embracing, the work stands as a testament to the quality of Gilbert’s scholarship. The companion volumes, moreover, represent fine works of literature in their own right, since they comprise Sir Winston’s own correspondence. No praise could be higher than that Gilbert has produced a tribute entirely worthy of the saviour of modern Western Civilisation.”

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