Key battles
By: Michael Gallagher
Series: World War Two; World War Two -- 6.
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445143521
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Juvenile literature; Campaigns; Military campaigns
Description: World War Two is a series of fact-packed books on key aspects of the Second World War. Each title offers an appealing, magazine-style design and contains readable narrative text plus panels focusing on personalities, events, weapons, documents and other background information. Also included are mini timelines that highlight the dates of important events to keep a clear chronological picture in readers' minds. Key Battles investigates the battles that were vital to the outcome of World War Two, from the Nazi Blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939 to The Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific right at the the end of the war. 9 yrs+
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The world at war; title: Blitzkrieg on Poland; title: The Battle of Britain; title: The Battle of the Atlantic; title: Pearl Harbor; title: The Battle of Midway; title: El Alamein; title: Guadalcanal; title: Stalingrad; title: The Battle of Monte Cassino; title: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy; title: The Battle of Okinawa.