This is the unabridged reading of "The Second World War" by John Keegan.  The book was published in 1989, and this audio book was produced by Books on Tape, Inc in 1990.  This book has 6 parts and 33 chapters, and was read by Bill Kelsey.

This audiobook has been out of print for many years and very hard to find.  Furthermore, it was available only on cassette (which was the standard at the time), so even when found, it was of limited usefulness.  Being one of Keegan's earliest audiobooks, it also became out of print sooner, hence its rarity.  I hope students of military history, and Keegan fans in particular, will enjoy this audiobook as much as I have.

In converting to mp3, I have organized the files by chapter (rather than the original cassette boundaries), so there are 33 files in all.  Note that this audiobook does not reproduce any of the pictures or graphics from the original book, so it may be helpful to have the physical book available to look at as well.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROLOGUE
Chapter 1: Every Man a Soldier
Chapter 2: Fomenting World War

PART I: THE WAR IN THE WEST 1940-1943
Chapter 3: The Triumph of Blitzkrieg
Chapter 4: Air Battle: The Battle of Britain
Chapter 5: War Supply and the Battle of the Atlantic

PART II: THE WAR IN THE EAST 1941-1943
Chapter 6: Hitler's Strategic Dilemma
Chapter 7: Securing the Eastern Springboard
Chapter 8: Airborne Battle: Crete
Chapter 9: Barbarossa
Chapter 10: War Production
Chapter 11: Crimean Summer, Stalingrad Winter

PART III: THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1943
Chapter 12: Tojo's Strategic Dilemma
Chapter 13: From Pearl Harbor to Midway
Chapter 14: Carrier Battle: Midway
Chapter 15: Occupation and Repression
Chapter 16: The War for the Islands

PART IV: THE WAR IN THE WEST 1943-1945
Chapter 17: Churchill's Strategic Dilemma
Chapter 18: Three Wars in Africa
Chapter 19: Italy and the Balkans
Chapter 20: Overlord
Chapter 21: Tank Battle: Falaise
Chapter 22: Strategic Bombing
Chapter 23: The Ardennes and the Rhine

PART V: THE WAR IN THE EAST 1943-1945
Chapter 24: Stalin's Strategic Dilemma
Chapter 25: Kursk and the Recapture of Western Russia
Chapter 26: Resistance and Espionage
Chapter 27: The Vistula and the Danube
Chapter 28: City Battle: The Siege of Berlin

PART VI: THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1943-1945
Chapter 29: Roosevelt's Strategic Dilemma
Chapter 30: Japan's Defeat in the South
Chapter 31: Amphibious Battle: Okinawa
Chapter 32: Super-Weapons and the Defeat of Japan
Chapter 33: The Legacy of the Second World War