The Marshall Cavendish illustrated encyclopedia of World War II
Subtitle: based on the original text by Lieutenant Colonel Eddy Bauer
By: consultant editor, James L. Collins
Contributors: Collins, James Lawton, 1917-2002
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp.
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Chronology; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Dictionaries; World War, 1939-1945; Pictorial works
Other titles: Encyclopedia of World War II
Description: You now have the opportunity to visit or revisit the Second World War through the Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II. This lavishly presented, clearly written, judicious work brings the war alive through thousands of full color photographs and is made even more interesting due to the emphasis put on those aspects of greatest concern to Americans. - Foreword.
Table of contents: title: v. 1.1936-1939. Hitler's war.-v.2.1940. The fall of the West.-v.3.1940. The Axis turns south.-v.4.1941. Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete.-v.5.1941. Barbarossa. Pearl Harbor.-v.6.1941-1942. Atlantic ordeal.-v.7.1942. Crisis in the desert.-v.8.1942. Japan at high tide.-v.9.1942-43. The grand alliance. End in Africa.-v.10.1943. The invasion of Italy. Guadalcanal.-v.11.1943-44. Anzio, Cassino, Rome.-v.12.1944. D-day and after.-v.13.1944. Russian steamroller.-v.14.1944. Breakout from Normandy.-v.15.1944. To the Siegfried Line.-v.16.1944-45. Hitler's last gamble.-v.17.1945. Across the Rhine.-v.18.1945. Victory in Europe.v.19.1944. Central Pacific: the first battles.-v.20.1945. Return to the Philippines.-v.21.1943-45. Okinawa: the last ordeal.-v.22.1945. Hiroshima. Japan surrenders.-v.23.1945. The American war machine.-v.24.1945. The fighting men.-v.25.1945. Chronology and index. The heraldry of war.