Dimensions
176 x 246 x 6mm
This book examines the military strategies, politics and the human cost of the battles between the world's most powerful nations. The war, which began in Europe in 1939 in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, escalated into a conflict of global proportions. How did the Allies secure their success in the Mediterranean and Pacific? What was the nature of the fighting in Eastern Europe? What was the impact of the US and Japan entering the War? How did the Allies win back Nazi-occupied territories?
These questions are answered alongside analytical detail of some of the famous battles of World War II - in North Africa, in the Pacific, on the Eastern front, in the Atlantic and in Normandy. It describes the military manoeuvres and tactics that helped determine the victories and the defeats that changed the course of the Second World War.
