The Largest Event: A Library Of Congress Resource Guide For The Study Of World War II
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Foreword by James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress ix; title: Acknowledgments xi; title: About the Author xiii; title: Introduction — The Largest Event 2; title: CHAPTER ONE; title: The Seeds of Conflict: 1919-1939 6; title: Mein Kampf 6; title: The Other Dictators 8; title: Prelude to War 9; title: Season of Appeasement 12; title: LC RESOURCE NOTES 16; title: CHAPTER TWO; title: The Conflagration Erupts: 1939-1941 18; title: Blitzkrieg 18; title: The Battle in the West 20; title: The Battle of Britain 25; title: The Sea War in the Atlantic 27; title: The Axis in Africa 29; title: Drang nach osten 32; title: Operation Barbarossa 34; title: LC RESOURCE NOTES 36; title: CHAPTER THREE; title: The War in the Pacific: 1941-1942 38; title: Pearl Harbor 38; title: "I will run wild" 40; title: Midway: The Decisive Battle 43; title: Island Warfare 45; title: LC RESOURCE NOTES 48; title: CHAPTER FOUR; title: The Turning Tide: 1942-1944 50; title: The Desert War 50; title: The "Underbelly" 53; title: The Russian Front 58; title: The Asian Theater 63; title: The Pacific Campaign 66; title: LC RESOURCE NOTES 70; title: CHAPTER FIVE; title: The Final Western Struggles: 1944-1945 72; title: The Battle of the Bombers 72; title: Operation Overlord 75; title: The Western Front 80; title: The Last Western Winter 84; title: The Russian Advance 90; title: The Holocaust 93; title: The Collapse of the Third Reich 95; title: LC RESOURCE NOTES 100; title: CHAPTER SIX; title: The Last Pacific Battles: 1944-1945 102; title: The Return to the Philippines 102; title: The Last Islands 105; title: Bombs Over Japan 108; title: The Japanese Surrender 111; title: LC RESOURCE NOTES 114; title: Epilogue — The Summer of 1945 115; title: Resource Guide to World War II in the Collections of the Library of Congress 118; title: Humanities and Social Sciences Division 118; title: Manuscript Division 119; title: Rare Book and Special Collections Division 120; title: Serial and Government Publications Division 120; title: Asian Division 121; title: European Division 121; title: Science and Technology Division 121; title: Geography and Map Division 122; title: Prints and Photographs Division 123; title: Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division 123; title: American Folklife Center 124; title: Music Division  25; title: Index 127