Atlas of World War II : history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography / Neil Kagan [editor], Stephen G. Hyslop [author] ; foreword by Kenneth W. Rendell ; Gregory Ugiansky, cartographer.
Hyslop, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrison), 1950- author.; Kagan, Neil, editor.; Rendell, Kenneth W., writer of foreword.; Ugiansky, Gregory, cartographer.
2018
G1038 .H97 2018
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Title Atlas of World War II : history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography / Neil Kagan [editor], Stephen G. Hyslop [author] ; foreword by Kenneth W. Rendell ; Gregory Ugiansky, cartographer.
Author Hyslop, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrison), 1950- author.
ISBN 1426219717 (hardcover)
9781426219719 (hardcover)
Published Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2018]
Language English
Description 255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 36 cm
Call Number G1038 .H97 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.54/00223
Summary Explores the cartographic history of WWII through 114 maps charting naval, land, and aerial attacks from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge. Rare maps include a detailed Germany & Approaches map used by Allied forces in the final stages of the war, full large-scale wartime maps of the world used by President Roosevelt, and Pacific theater maps used by B-17 pilots. Also includes wartime stories from the fields of battle, photographs, sketches, and confidential documents.
Note "Official book of the International Museum of World War II"--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.
Added Author Kagan, Neil, editor.
Rendell, Kenneth W., writer of foreword.
Ugiansky, Gregory, cartographer.
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