Handbook of World War II
Subtitle: an illustrated chronicle of the struggle for victory
By: Karen Farrington
Publisher: Abbeydale Press; Barnes & Noble
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [England?]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781435108196
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Personal narratives; Military campaigns; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Notes: Originally published as: Witness to World War II. Bookmart, 1995.
Table of contents: title: The soldier's war: Blitzkrieg ; The war in Africa ; Barbarossa, target Russia ; Japan's lightning war ; The Eastern front ; A forgotten army ; Overlord! ; Tanks come of age ; The Pacific ; Reich in ruins ; Black sands of Iwo Jima; title: War at sea: Weapons at sea ; The Graf Spee and Dunkirk ; U-boat menace ; Battle of the Atlantic ; Matapan ; Sinking the Bismarck ; Arctic convoys ; Coral Sea and Midway ; The Solomons ; Amphibious warfare ; Japan's last gasp; title: Battle for the skies: Battle of Britain ; Air battle, Balkans ; Wings over the desert ; Reds in the sky ; Tiger, tiger, tiger ; Aerial weaponry ; Fires in the night ; Carriers and Kamikazes ; Daylight raiding ; The ultimate weapon; title: Countdown to victory.