World War II
Adams, Simon, 1955-2014
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Total copies: 1
This book provides a concise history of World War II including information about the Holocaust, the code-breaking Enigma, and the deadly V2 rocket. Compelling and accessible Eyewitness World War II explores every aspect of the Second World War from the impact of World War I and the implication of unstable peace to the significant events that sparked the path to war.
Main title:
World War II / written by Simon Adams ; photographed by Andy Crawford.
Author:
Adams, Simon, 1955-, authorCrawford, Andy, photographer
Work:
Edition:
American edition.
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Dorling Kindersley, 2014.©2014.
Collation:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some colour), maps (some coloour) ; 29 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"Explore the terrifying global conflict that shaped the modern world-from D-Day to the atomic bomb"--Cover.First edition: 2000.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Ages 9-14.
Contents:
A world divided -- Heading to war -- Preparing for the worst -- Lightning -- 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 -- A wartime childhood -- The Pacific -- Japan -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- Stalingrad -- Inside the USSR -- Desert fighting -- Propaganda -- The Holocaust -- D-Day invasion -- Liberation -- The atomic bomb -- Victory -- The aftermath -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
ISBN:
9781465421012 (bound)9781465420596 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.53
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
399309