Great battles of World War II : military encounters that defined the future
Título:
Great battles of World War II : military encounters that defined the future
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Resumen:
This book provides an accessible introduction to 28 of the most important actions in World War II. Includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp, at a glance, the decisive moves of the battle. Features more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs and artworks illustrating the soldiers, uniforms, and military technology of the era.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2008
2001
Descripción física:
240 p. : illus., maps ;
Contenido:
THE EARLY YEARS: Westerplatte 1939 -- Narvik 1940 -- Invasion of France-Sedan 1940 -- Dunkirk 1940 -- Battle of Britain 1940 -- Battle for Crete 1941 -- Hunt for the Bismarck 1941 -- Operation Barbarossa 1941 -- Siege of Leningrad 1941-44. IN THE BALANCE: Pearl Harbor 1941 -- Battle of Midway 1942 -- Convoy PQ-17 1942 -- El Alamein 1942 -- Battle of Guadalcanal 1942-43 -- Stalingrad 1942-43 -- Third Battle of Kharkov 1943 -- Kursk 1943 -- Batlle of Imphal and Kohima 1944 -- Monte Cassino 1944. ALLIED VICTORY: Normandy Landings 1944 -- Breakout from Normandy 1944 -- Philippine Sea 1944 -- Warsaw Rising 1944 -- Operation 'Market Garden' 1944 -- Battle of the Bulge 1944-45 -- Iwo Jima 1945 -- Battle for Berlin 1945 -- Okinawa 1945.
ISBN:
9781407525136
Información de publicación:
Bath, England : Parragon Books Ltd, c2008.
