Encyclopedia of World War II - Hardcover

Axelrod, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816060223 ISBN 13: 9780816060221

Verlag: FACTS ON FILE PUB, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, is widely considered the pivotal event of the modern age. From the rise of fascist Europe to the atomic bombings of Japan, Encyclopedia of World War II presents the complete story of this great conflict in more than 700 entries. International in scope, this two-volume A-to-Z reference covers the military, historical, political, diplomatic, and biographical aspects of the war.

Entries include:

• Airborne assault
• Battle of France
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Pearl Harbor
• Battle of the Atlantic
• Battleships
• Browning automatic rifle
• Winston Churchill
• Cryptology
• Desert Rats
• Dresden air raid
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Flying Tigers
• Gestapo
• Gothic Line
• Adolf Hitler
• The Holocaust
• Liberty ships
• Douglas MacArthur
• Manhattan Project
• Marshall Islands campaign
• Navajo code talkers
• Normandy landings (D-day)
• Operation Cobra
• Erwin Rommel
• Submarines
• Tuskegee Airmen.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: FACTS ON FILE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0816060223
• ISBN 13: 9780816060221
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1024
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande