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Mapping the Second World War: The history of the war through maps from 1939 to 1945 - Hardcover

Chasseaud, Peter; The Imperial War Museum; Collins Books

 
9780008136581: Mapping the Second World War: The history of the war through maps from 1939 to 1945
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0008136580 ISBN 13: 9780008136581
Verlag: Collins, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian.

Over 150 maps tell the story of how this global war was fought.

Types of maps featured:
• Strategic maps showing theatres of war, frontiers and occupied territories
• Maps covering key battles and offensives on major fronts
• Planning and operations maps showing defences in detail
• Propaganda and educational maps for the armed forces and general public
• Maps showing dispositions of Allied and enemy forces
• Bomber and V-weapon target maps

Descriptions of key historical events accompany the maps, giving an illustrated history of the war from an expert historian.

Key topics covered include
• 1939: Invasion of Poland
• 1940: German invasion of Low Countries & France
• 1940: Battle of Britain & German invasion threat
• Dec 1941: Pearl Harbor
• 1942: Turning points: Midway, Alamein, Stalingrad
• 1941-45: Barbarossa and the Eastern Front
• The War at Sea
• The advances to Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad
• The War in the Air
• 1944: Neptune & Overlord; D-Day & liberation of France

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A military historian who has applied his unrivalled expertise in the field of military maps. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the founder of the Historical Military Mapping Group of the British Cartographic Society, a member of the Defence Surveyors Association and the author of Mapping the First World War and of standard works on trench mapping and toponymy.

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Verlag
Collins
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0008136580
ISBN 13 
9780008136581
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
304
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Collins
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