The Second World War, Vol. 2: Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill

It is a timeline based on the chapters of Winston Churchill's book and the time elapsed in each one. It is... Show More

Book 1: The Fall Of France

Ch 2 The Battle of France: Gamelin

10 May 1940 - 16 May 1940

The First Week

Ch 1 The National Coalition

11 May 1940 - 21 May 1940

Ch 6 The Rush For The Spoils

16 May 1940 - 26 June 1940

Ch 3 The Battle of France: Weygand

17 May 1940 - 24 May 1940

The Second Week

Ch 4 The March To The Sea

24 May 1940 - 31 May 1940

Ch 5 The Deliverance of Dunkirk

26 May 1940 - 4 June 1940

Ch 8 Home Defence

June 1940

Ch 12 The Apparatus of Counter-Attack

4 June 1940 - 31 August 1940

Ch 7 Back To France

4 June 1940 - 12 June 1940

Ch 9 The French Agony

12 June 1940 - 16 June 1940

Ch 10 The Bordeaux Armistice

13 June 1940 - 24 June 1940

Ch 11 Admiral Darlan and the French Fleat: Oran

18 June 1940 - 1 July 1940

Ch 14 The Invasion Problem

18 June 1940 - 13 August 1940

Ch 13 At Bay

July 1940

Ch 15 Operation Sea Lion

16 July 1940 - 7 September 1940

Book 2: Alone

Ch 5 The United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases

15 May 1940 - 5 September 1940

Ch 6 Egypt and the Middle East

10 June 1940 - 11 August 1940

Ch 4 The Wizard War

July 1940 - 23 August 1940

Ch 7 The Mediterranean Passage

3 July 1940 - 21 August 1940

Ch 1 The Battle of Britain

31 July 1940 - 15 September 1940

Ch 9 Dakar

3 August 1940 - 25 September 1940

Ch 11 Relations with Vichy and Spain

7 August 1940 - 23 November 1940

Ch 8 September Tensions

September 1940

Ch 2 The Blitz

7 September 1940 - 14 September 1940

Ch 3 "London Can Take It"

13 September 1940 - 22 October 1940

Ch 10 Mr. Eden's Mission

October 1940

Ch 12 Mussolini Attacks Greece

15 October 1940 - 30 November 1940

Ch 15 Ocean Peril

27 October 1940 - 13 December 1940

Ch 13 Lend-Lease

6 November 1940 - 31 December 1940

Ch 14 Germany and Russia

12 November 1940 - 18 December 1940

Ch 16 Desert Victory

8 December 1940 - 5 January 1941