SUMMARY - Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed The World, 1940-1941 By Ian Kershaw

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. By reading this summary, you will discover how the decisions of the rulers of the great countries between 1940 and 1941 were decisive in shaping our world. You will also discover : that the decision of the United States to break out of its isolationism was a determining factor in the Allied victory; that the United Kingdom nearly negotiated with Hitler after the defeat of France in June 1940; that the process of exterminating the Jews was much more complex than "Mein Kampf" announced; how Stalin was able to remain deaf to the warnings of Nazi Germany's imminent invasion of the USSR. Between 1940 and 1941, the war was not yet global, but was approaching it dangerously. Ian Kershaw, an eminent historian and professor at the University of Sheffield, specializes in modern and contemporary history. Here he revisits a crucial page in our history. Indeed, the destiny of the world could have been quite different if certain decisions had not been taken. These choices had a strong impact, both on the Allies' and the Axis' side. What are the positions taken during those dark years that shaped the world as you know it.