50 things you should know about the Second World War
By: [Simon Adams] ; consultant Professor Ian Beckett
Contributors: Beckett, I. F. W. (Ian Frederick William), consultant
Series: 50 things you should know about
Publisher: QEB Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781784930356
Subjects: Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945
Other titles: Second World War
Description: HISTORY. The perfect introduction to the Second World War, this book breaks down six years of conflict into 50 manageable facts. Each year of the war is introduced with a timeline featuring the key events and a map showing where the fighting took place and which countries were involved. All the major events and battles are covered as well as entries on the home front, weapons and the cost of war giving a comprehensive and international introduction. Events are recounted in succinct and easy-to-understand text while photographs bring the past vividly to life and fact panels provide facinating snippets of extra information. Ages 9+
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The rise of Hitler; title: Fascist Italy; title: Imperial Japan; title: The road to war; title: 1939: The year war began; title: The Nazi-Soviet pact; title: The invasion of Poland; title: The phoney war; title: 1940: Axis vs Allies; title: The Germans attack; title: The fall of France; title: The Battle of Britain; title: The blitz; title: Spies and spying; title: 1941: The war goes global; title: Invading the Balkans; title: Operation Barbarossa; title: The siege of Leningrad; title: Tobruk and North Africa; title: The Battle of the Atlantic; title: Pearl Harbour; title: The Japanese assault; title: Home front; title: 1942: The year of change; title: The Holocaust; title: Bombing Germany; title: Under occupation; title: Battles in the Pacific; title: El Alamein; title: Operation Torch; title: Stalingrad; title: 1943: The Allies take control; title: Kursk; title: The invasion of Italy; title: Operation Cartwheel; title: The big three; title: 1944: Europe is liberated; title: D-Day; title: The liberation of France; title: New weapons; title: Operation Bargration; title: Battle of the Bulge; title: 1945: The year the war ended; title: The invasion of Germany; title: The death of Hitler; title: Attacking Japan; title: Atomicbombs; title: The surrender of Japan; title: The cost of the war; title: The post-war world.