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.
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.
ISBN
1426219717 (hardcover)
9781426219719 (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.
Rendell, Kenneth W., writer of foreword.
Ugiansky, Gregory, cartographer.
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Table of Contents
Prelude to war, 1941: Blitzkrieg
Prelude to war, 1943: war in the Pacific
1942-1944: breaking Hitler's grip
1944-1945: victory over Germany
1943-1945: defeating Japan.
Prelude to war, 1943: war in the Pacific
1942-1944: breaking Hitler's grip
1944-1945: victory over Germany
1943-1945: defeating Japan.