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Atlas of World War II, history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography, Neil Kagan [editor], Stephen G. Hyslop [author] ; foreword by Kenneth W. Rendell ; Gregory Ugiansky, cartographer

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Atlas of World War II, history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography, Neil Kagan [editor], Stephen G. Hyslop [author] ; foreword by Kenneth W. Rendell ; Gregory Ugiansky, cartographer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index

Characteristic

atlas

Index

index present

Main title

Atlas of World War II

Oclc number

1021083490

Responsibility statement

Neil Kagan [editor], Stephen G. Hyslop [author] ; foreword by Kenneth W. Rendell ; Gregory Ugiansky, cartographer

Sub title

history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography

Summary

Explores the cartographic history of WWII through 114 maps charting naval, land, and aerial attacks from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge. Rare maps include a detailed Germany & Approaches map used by Allied forces in the final stages of the war, full large-scale wartime maps of the world used by President Roosevelt, and Pacific theater maps used by B-17 pilots. Also includes wartime stories from the fields of battle, photographs, sketches, and confidential documents

Table Of Contents

Prelude to war, 1941: Blitzkrieg -- Prelude to war, 1943: war in the Pacific -- 1942-1944: breaking Hitler's grip -- 1944-1945: victory over Germany -- 1943-1945: defeating Japan

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