Engaging and entertaining reference guide of World War II.Compelling and accessible Eyewitness World War II explores every aspect of the Second World War from the impact of World War I and the implication of unstable peace to the significant events that sparked the path to war. Packed with all the essential information from the previous edition, Eyewitness World War II is now more interactive and colourful than ever with infographics, statistics, facts and timelines making the book more engaging and educational for your child.
This comprehensive global history of World War II analyzes how the war directly and indirectly affected six continents and how it reshaped the entire world. By the author of The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany. 30,000 first printing.
Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history, and confirms once more that he is a ...
From flying bombing missions in the dead of night, to tricking the enemy with fake encampments and unbreakable codes, to surviving horrific treatment by the enemy through sheer force of will, these incredible true tales will show how ...
Offers reminiscences and photographs of American World War II veterans.
Filled with facts and figures, information about unusual aspects of the war, and moving personal accounts, this remarkable volume will be indispensable to anyone who wishes to understand the World War II era and its continuing ...
The state also housed German and Italian prisoners of war, and, in one of the darkest moments in US history, incarcerated American citizens of Japanese descent in several concentration camps.
This is the war that Americans at the home front would have read about had they had access to the previously censored testimony of the soldiers on which Miller builds his gripping narrative.
Reprint. (A History Channel documentary airing Summer 2003) The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late—World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in ...
World War II: Visual Encyclopedia shows children the causes, battles, people, and aftermath, while cutting-edge CGI technology brings infamous events back to life.
General Douglas MacArthur , commander of U.S./U.N . forces in Korea , disagreed . Here is the alternative policy MacArthur proposed to the Joint Chiefs of Staff . We could ( 1 ) blockade the coast of China ; ( 2 ) destroy through naval ...