Battlefields of the Second World War
By: Richard Holmes.
Publisher: BBC
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
Other titles: Battlefields of the 2nd World War; Battlefields (Television program)
Description: Skillfully clarifies the complexities of four major World War II military campaigns: El Alamein, Italy, Arnhem, and the Battle of Britain. In this study of war Holmes recreates what it was really like to be in the midst of bloody conflict from the eye-witness accounts of servicemen and women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.
"... published to accompany the television series 'Battlefields' ... broadcast on BBC2 in 2001"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 6 INTRODUCTION; title: 44 ALAMEIN:THE EIGHTH ARMY'S DESERT VICTORY; title: 90 CASSINO: ATTRITION IN ITALY; title: 132 MARKET GARDEN: A DARINGTHRUST ACROSS AN AIRBORNE CARPET; title: 174 BOMBER: THE RAF OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY; title: 218 FURTHER READING; title: 220 INDEX; title: 224 PICTURE CREDITS.