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Physical Description:72 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm. print
Edition:New edition.
Publisher:London : DK, in association with the Imperial War Museum, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 69) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A world divided -- Heading to war -- Preparing for the worst -- Lightning war -- Occupation -- Resistance -- German army -- The Battle of Britain -- Bombing raids -- Total war -- In enemy territory -- The prisoners -- Code-breakers -- America at war -- Women at work -- The Pacific -- Japan -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- Stalingard -- Inside the Soviet Union -- Desert fighting -- Propaganda -- The Holocaust -- D-Day invasion -- Liberation -- The atomic bomb -- Victory -- The aftermath -- Did you know?
Summary, etc.:
Photographs and illustrations describe the events of World War II, from the British, French, Italian, and German pre-war preparations to the atomic bomb and defeat of Japan and the German surrender.
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