Название: The Illustrated History of World War II Автор: Owen Booth, John Walton
Издательство: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 978-1-78274-170-1
Год: 2014
Страниц: 256
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 21.3 MB
The military engagements and campaigns of World War II are emblazoned on mankind’s memory: from the Blitzkrieg attacks that smashed the Polish army in 27 days, and conquered Norway in a day, through the savage and sustained fighting of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front, to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The previously unknown level of destruction made possible by Robert Oppenheimer’s scientific breakthrough brought the war to an end, and in its wake came the full revelation of the horror of the Holocaust.
With the aid of 300 black and white and colour photographs, The Illustrated History of World War II tells the full story of the war and the individuals who led it – Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Mussolini, Togo, Rommel, Montgomery and De Gaulle, among many others. In addition, the book examines life beyond the frontline: the Holocaust, living under occupation, refugees, the Blitz and evacuations, the changing role for women, and food. Full-colour maps complement the lively text and pictures, leading the reader through many of the principal engagements on land, sea and air.
The Second World War remains the largest military conflict in history. Lasting for over six years, it involved soldiers and civilians from across five continents and resulted in the deaths of nearly fifty million people. It saw the rise and fall of empires and the breaking up of entire nations, the creation of new superpowers, the invention of awesome atomic weapons and attempted genocide on a scale never witnessed before or since.
It was a war fought on land, at sea and in the air, from western Europe to the steppes of Russia, from the deserts of North Africa to the jungles of South-East Asia, and across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. It was a war fought to defend democracy, in which the territorial ambitions of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan were opposed by a grand and unlikely alliance between the USA, Soviet Russia and the British Empire. It was a war that witnessed countless moments of incredible bravery and sacrifice alongside those of unspeakable cruelty and terror.
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