Alongside the comprehensive text studying the major battles, powers, and people affected by World War II, over three hundred illustrations and graphics bear witness to real individuals, places, and moments on the battlefield.
Examines nine topics related to World War II, including the Allies and the Axis, the defeat of Germany, and spies and scientists; and features sidebar boxes that discuss significant people...
Find out the facts on the key players and major events, with fascinating profiles on the soldiers, sailors, tanks, guns, bombs, and much more.
World War II: The Definitive Visual Guide provides an unparalleled account of this devastating conflict so we never forget and continue to learn from the past.
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In January 1940, Owen was posted to a sister ship of the Royal Oak when he joined HMS Royal Sovereign. From there his next 14 months were ones of constant activity. He was in the thick of momentous times and operations, ...
On December 7th of this year, Americans will observe the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and our entry into WWII. Culled from the hundreds of pieces...
World War II: Visual Encyclopedia shows children the causes, battles, people, and aftermath, while cutting-edge CGI technology brings infamous events back to life.
Assembles a unique and rich trove of historical images and artefacts of World War II, collected in Caen - one of the French cities devastated by the pivotal conflict.
This informative book has been painstakingly researched and is illustrated with rare, archival photography.
Discover the remarkable history of World War II...Until 1939, World War I was known as "the war to end all wars," but when Nazi Germany capped its mounting aggression against its neighbors by invading Poland, Europe was plunged into a ...
World War II was the bloodiest and farthest-reaching military conflict in human history, which resulted in the annihilation of some 60 million people. This authoritative and thorough volume summarizes the...
Details on major weapons, ships, vehicles, aircraft, tanks, along with a recounting on every major campaign and battle, and hundreds of biographies of military and civilian leaders are collected in this visual encyclopedia of World War II. ...
World War II: A Visual Encyclopedia
The story of the Second World War. Classics Illustrated traces the chronology of the most costly war in history from its outbreak to its conclusion.
A thought-provoking anthology of different viewpoints on various aspects of World War II, representative of that time, including whether the United States should enter the war, the use of the...
This reference explores the causes, effects and key figures of World War II.
A compelling and unique collection of photographs with complementary text.
... The Road to Yalta : Soviet Foreign Relations , 1941-1945 . New York : Harper and Row , 1972 . Gardner , Lloyd C. Spheres of Influence : The Great Powers Partition Europe , from Munich to Yalta . Chicago , IL : Ivan R. Dee , 1993 ...
He thought life had prepared him for twenty months in the Pacific on PT Boat 244, but had it? This book records his war memoirs, always inquiring, was there a ghostly presence that beckoned him, brutalized him, haunted him?