Chasseaud, Peter creator text encyclopedia World atlases. nyu 2016 First edition, 2015. monographic eng

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303 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 28 cm. WORLD ATLASES / WORLD MAPS. Experience the Second World War as you travel through time and follow the conflict of the war from 1939 to 1945 with this unique and invaluable volume! From the earliest onslaught of troops in the Invasion of Poland to the D-Day and the Liberation of France. Features historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. The events of the battles are detailed and illustrated, artfully telling a story of what occurred through maps with handwritten notes from the front lines. Chapter 1. 1918-1939: the Treaty of Versailles to the Invasion of Poland -- Chapter 2. 1940: the German Invasion of Norway, the Low Countries and France -- Chapter 3. 1940: the Battle of Britain and the German Invasion threat (Operation Sealion) -- Chapter 4. The Balkans and North Africa, 1940-3 -- Chapter 5. Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Russia, 1941 -- Chapter 6. The War in Asia and the Pacific, 1941-2: Pearl Harbor to Midway -- Chapter 7. Russia and the Eastern Front 1942-4: Stalingrad, Kursk and the relief of Leningrad -- Chapter 8. The War at Sea -- Chapter 9. The War in the Air: strategic bombing -- Chapter 10. Sicily and Italy -- Chapter 11. Planning for the Normandy Landings: Neptune and Overlord -- Chapter 12. D-Day to VE-Day -- Chapter 13. The Eastern Front and the Defeat of Germany 1944-5 -- Chapter 14. Burma and the Pacific after Midway: 1942-5 -- Afterword -- German military terms -- Glossary: list of abbreviations. Peter Chasseaud. Originally published by Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and index. x------ e------ Scales differ. World War, 1939-1945 Maps Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945 Mapas World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Maps Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945 Campañas Mapas World War, 1939-1945 Battlefields Maps Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Historia Mapas R G 1038 C488m 2016 9780785834359 0785834354 2016586430 DLC 160218 20231124100115.0 18980492 eng