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History of World War II - The campaigns, battles and weapons from 1939 to 1945 (Paperback)
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History of World War II - The campaigns, battles and weapons from 1939 to 1945 (Paperback)
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The events of 1939-1945 had such a dramatic impact on the world
that it is easy to forget that Allied victory was far from certain,
especially in the early part of the war when both the Nazis in
Europe and the Japanese in the Pacific were sweeping all before
them. History of World War II chronicles the war as it happened,
focusing on key battles and events that act as signposts in the
slow change of fortunes of either side. Divided into two sections,
one on each major theatre, the book describes such famous events as
the attack on Pearl Harbor, the battle of Stalingrad, the Normandy
landings, the fall of Berlin, and the struggle for Iwo Jima.
Linking each famous event is an in-depth chronology detailing other
events happening elsewhere, building into a snapshot of the war at
that point. In each section are spreads comparing and contrasting
the strengths of essential weapons in that battle: fighter aircraft
in the Battle of Britain, tanks at Kursk, landing aircraft at D-
Day and in the Pacific. Each of these spreads is packed with
colourful diagrams, graphs and charts to help you grasp the
relative strengths of, for example, different aircraft carriers at
the Battle of Midway, US versus Japanese small arms at Okinawa and
anti- tank guns in the Normandy campaign, among many other
engagements. The final part of the book provides a chronology of
the war. Highly illustrated with colour maps and both colour and
black-and-white photographs and colour artworks, History of World
War II is a both a handy reference volume on the progress of the
conflict and the weapons used to fight it.
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