--- product_id: 131973395 title: "The Grand Alliance: The Second World War, Volume 3 (Winston Churchill World War II Collection)" price: "R85" currency: ZAR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/131973395-the-grand-alliance-the-second-world-war-volume-3-winston store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # The Grand Alliance: The Second World War, Volume 3 (Winston Churchill World War II Collection) **Price:** R85 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Grand Alliance: The Second World War, Volume 3 (Winston Churchill World War II Collection) - **How much does it cost?** R85 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/131973395-the-grand-alliance-the-second-world-war-volume-3-winston) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston Churchill's monumental book The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis. Recounted through the eyes of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the Second World War is also the story of one nation's singular, heroic role in the fight against tyranny. Here you will find pride and patriotism in Churchill's dramatic account and with reason--having learned a lesson at Munich that they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and it seemed as though the Nazis were an unstoppable force. What lends this work its tension is Churchill’s inclusion of primary source material. We hear Churchill’s retrospective analysis of the war, but we are also presented with memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams that give day-by-day accounts of the reactions as the drama unfolds. We listen as strategies and counter-strategies unfold in response to Hitler’s conquest of Europe, his planned invasion of England, and his assault on Russia. All contrive to give a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions that must be made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The Grand Alliance describes the end of an extraordinary period in British military history in which Britain stood alone against Germany. Two crucial events brought an end of Britain's isolation. First is Hitler's decision to attack the Soviet Union, opening up a battle front in the East and forcing Stalin to look to the British for support. The second event is the bombing of Pearl Harbor. U.S. support had long been crucial to the British war effort, and Churchill documents his efforts to draw the Americans to aid, including correspondence with President Roosevelt. Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 in part because of this awe-inspiring work. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Winston Churchill was born in 1874 and was one of the most significant leaders of the twentieth century. He acted as a war correspondent during the Boer War and after his capture and release, Churchill became a national hero in England, parlaying that celebrity into a political career becoming elected to the Conservative Party. Churchill joined the Liberal Party in 1904. Churchill’s career was volatile during the 1920s and ’30s owing, in part, to his support of the abdication of King Edward VIII, but when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, Churchill was reappointed Lord of the Admiralty. In 1940, Churchill succeeded Chamberlain as Prime Minister and remained in office until 1945. Churchill successfully guided the nation through World War II, mobilizing and inspiring the British people as well as forging strong ties with American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Churchill remained in Parliament and was re-elected in 1951 and did not resign until 1955 when he was eighty years old. After retirement, Churchill remained incredibly active, spending his time writing, publishing The History of the English Speaking People and more. That work, along with his six volume history of World War II and The World Crisis, his history of World War I, earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. In 1963 Churchill was made an honorary U.S. citizen. He died in 1965 at the age of ninety. ABOUT THE SERIES RosettaBooks’ collection of Churchill's best writing is gathered together here, reflecting his first-hand experience, notations, speeches, and journals. Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature in large part due to the writing reflected in these important books that journal the everyday happenings and relationships between the Axis and the Allies during World War II and other major 20th century conflicts. Review: review - Long, but quite well worth reading........Churchill is a brilliant writer. Review: Part three of Sir Winston Churchill's significant contribution to the history of WW2 - The Grand Alliance is the third of six World War 2 chronicles written by Sir Winston Churchill, Great Britain's Prime Minister during this phase of the War. For the sake of temporal orientation, I quote the Preface to Mr. Churchill's subsequent volume, The Hinge of Fate: "In The Gathering Storm, Their Finest Hour, and The Grand Alliance I have described as I saw them the events leading to the Second World War, the conquest of Europe by Nazi Germany, the unflinching resistance of Britain alone until the German attack on Russia and the Japanese assault brought the Soviet Union and the United States to our side." The Grand Alliance details several of the War's more famous battles, including the "Dunkirk Miracle," but most significantly the events leading to the war with Japan, which were vastly more complex than the single event of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Brits did not cheer the attack of course, but nor were they ungrateful that the United States was catapulted out of the bleachers and into the cast of major players. Mr. Churchill's narrative relies heavily on his correspondence with President Roosevelt and his staff, as well as British military leaders, particularly General Wavell. Mr. Churchill is not awfully modest about his foresight, contributions to military as much as to political strategies, and his determined campaign to lever the United States into alliance with Great Britain; and nor should he be. Mr. Churchill's books are packed with details, and the reader may choose to read them with scrutinizing intensity and focus on detail, or more generally as an outline of events. His lucid journalistic style makes the depth of his material quite approachable. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #314 in World War II History (Kindle Store) #334 in History of Europe #443 in World War II History (Books) | ## Images ![The Grand Alliance: The Second World War, Volume 3 (Winston Churchill World War II Collection) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Fp6+zwWwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review *by M***L on December 21, 2025* Long, but quite well worth reading........Churchill is a brilliant writer. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Part three of Sir Winston Churchill's significant contribution to the history of WW2 *by L***Y on November 27, 2012* The Grand Alliance is the third of six World War 2 chronicles written by Sir Winston Churchill, Great Britain's Prime Minister during this phase of the War. For the sake of temporal orientation, I quote the Preface to Mr. Churchill's subsequent volume, The Hinge of Fate: "In The Gathering Storm, Their Finest Hour, and The Grand Alliance I have described as I saw them the events leading to the Second World War, the conquest of Europe by Nazi Germany, the unflinching resistance of Britain alone until the German attack on Russia and the Japanese assault brought the Soviet Union and the United States to our side." The Grand Alliance details several of the War's more famous battles, including the "Dunkirk Miracle," but most significantly the events leading to the war with Japan, which were vastly more complex than the single event of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Brits did not cheer the attack of course, but nor were they ungrateful that the United States was catapulted out of the bleachers and into the cast of major players. Mr. Churchill's narrative relies heavily on his correspondence with President Roosevelt and his staff, as well as British military leaders, particularly General Wavell. Mr. Churchill is not awfully modest about his foresight, contributions to military as much as to political strategies, and his determined campaign to lever the United States into alliance with Great Britain; and nor should he be. Mr. Churchill's books are packed with details, and the reader may choose to read them with scrutinizing intensity and focus on detail, or more generally as an outline of events. His lucid journalistic style makes the depth of his material quite approachable. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great History (Especially Lessor Known Heros) *by W***R on July 29, 2024* This is Book 3 (The Grand Alliance) of Winston Churchill’s 6 book series on WWII. This volume covers the war years from Germany’s attack on Russia up until Pearl Harbor and the US entry into the war. Germany was frustrated by its inability destroy or demoralize the British homeland during the Battle of Britain (horrific air bombardment) in early 1940. An actual ground invasion of England was deemed way to costly for the Germans. So in 1941 Hitler decides to change course and turns his massive military machine against Russia in the east. This attack surprised an unprepared Russia because only 2 years earlier (1939), the two countries had signed a non aggression treaty to keep peace between them. Russia absorbed the initial German attack and forced the Germans to winter-over and endure brutal Russian winters (under constant military assault) for several years in a row. Then, in a brilliant counterattack led by the great Russian General Zhukov, the Russians completlely destroyed the weakened German army in the east and ensured Germany’s ultimate defeat by the allies. In the meantime, though, The British Empire was standing alone in the west. It had to defend England at home and also had to engage the Germans and Italians in many western war theatres, including the Balkans, North Africa and throughout the Mediterranean Sea (and also defend the Atlantic sea lanes to keep supplies flowing from America). The huge battles that were fought in Russia certainly changed the outcome of the war and are well documented by many historical sources (other than Churchill), but in this volume, Churchill gives fascinating details on many of the lessor known battles that were fought in the west during this same time period. The German attack in the west came through Yugoslavia and Hungary, then on to final victory for them over Greece. This was followed by General Rommel’s German occupation of North Africa. The English General assigned to defend against this invasion was Field Marshal Archibald Wavell. I’m a history nut and I’ve never even heard of this guy; but his contribution to the war effort was enormous. This book covers his 'watch' and his whole theatre of operation in great detail. Churchill got him sparse troops and supplies to work with: troops from British Empire countries of England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India, but never enough to get the job done….and meager war supplies diverted from homeland security and those smuggled from America under Lend/Lease. Amazingly, he somehow managed to counter Germany’s every move….fighting battles on many fronts, stalling, delaying, strategic retreat after strategic retreat, defeat after defeat. And this went on for years! I believe his goal was to just to ‘hold-on’ long enough for England to get back on her feet and re arm after the devastating Battle of Britain….and maybe win a few battles along the way. Anyway……somehow, he held it all together and slowed down the Germans and Italians and kept them from over-running Egypt and Persia and gaining the great oil fields. As I was reading this section of the book, I marveled at how this General was able to hold-up (personally) under all that stress over such a long period of time. My description here really doesn’t do this guy justice, but, from all accounts in this book, he was a true English hero….one of the greatest of this war. Another lessor known General from this time period (someone else I have never heard about) was New Zealand’s General Bernard Freyberg. General Freyberg and his New Zealanders were assigned to defend Crete during Germany’s Greek invasion. Crete is a Greek island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea which was strategic because of it’s runways (for air control of that part of the Med). Germany was determined to take it. Air Marshal Hermann Goring was a German ACE fighter pilot and hero during WWI and Hitler put him in charge of the whole German air force (The Luftwaffe) during WWII. In addition to the air force, he had put together a huge 'special forces' army of paratroopers to be used as forward shock troops that would parachute ahead of a main battle to soften up the opposition from the inside. Very much akin to today’s 101st Airborne, Green Berets, Seal Teams and other special forces units (only much, much bigger in scale). They had been used very effectively in the previous blitzkrieg attacks by Germany all across France, The Netherlands and Poland. Now Goring deployed them ‘full force’ against the defenders of Crete. The New Zealanders knew they were coming, though, and were ready for them….and destroyed them. Eventually the Germans amassed so many 'regular army' troops that they overwhelmed Crete and forced General Freyberg to retreat and ultimately abandon the island. So, in the end, Germany won at Crete, but the New Zealanders had so decimated that initial paratrooper army, that they could never to be used as a fighting force for the rest of the war. Those were troops and tactics that were sorely needed by the Germans during their blitzkrieg across Russia and might have been able to turn the tide of the war there. Not an option though, because the New Zealanders had killed them all at Crete. Salute to General Freyberg and New Zealand. Those are just two of the many lessor known heros that Churchill documents throughout Book 3. This is GREAT history from a great leader who was at the helm when it was all going down. A little ‘slow reading’ through some of the correspondence between the world leaders but still Great history! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/131973395-the-grand-alliance-the-second-world-war-volume-3-winston](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/131973395-the-grand-alliance-the-second-world-war-volume-3-winston) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Africa* *Store origin: ZA* *Last updated: 2026-07-05*