The illustrated witness to World War II

by Karen Farrington

ISBN: 9781780192864

Published: 2014-07-31

World War II was the most immense human conflict the world has ever known. Discover how the war took shape, from its beginnings with the rise to power of Hitler in the 1930s to its apocalyptic end in the ruined cities of Germany and Japan in 1945. Eyewitness accounts, maps, battle plans and hundreds of contemporary photographs bring the past to life. All the major turning points of the war are included - D-Day and the invasion of Normandy, Operation Barbarosa, the battle of Midway and many others. This authoritative and accessible military history will enable the reader to understand the war more fully than ever before.