num_pages: 532
description: In Battles Lost &amp; Great Campaigns of World War II, military editor and analyst of the New York Times, Hanson Baldwin evaluates eleven crucial battles, describing what happened in each and why. In the words of the author, "each [of these battles] was an entity; many were a turning point; upon some the scales of history rested." The battles analyzed are the Polish campaign, the battle of Britain, the invasion of Crete, the fall of Corregidor, Stalingrad, the Sicilian campaign, Tarawa, the invasion of Normandy, Leyte Gulf, the battle of the Bulge and Okinawa.
language: English
title: Battles Lost and Won;: Great Campaigns of World War II
titlecomplete: Battles Lost and Won;: Great Campaigns of World War II
genres: War, Nonfiction, Military History, Military Fiction, History, World War II
ratings_count: 57
publisher: Harper & Row