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Campaigns of World War II day by day / [edited by] Chris Bishop & Chris McNab.

London : Amber Books, 2006.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Chronology.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/barrons041/2002117174.html

256 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.

The War in Europe and North Africa. The Blitzkrieg begins: Poland is overrun -- Incredible victory: Battle of the River Plate -- Battle for Finland: the winter war -- Breakthrough at Sedan -- Escape from Dunkirk -- Skies of glory: the Battle of Britain -- Operation Judgement: The raid on Taranto -- O'Connor victory: Operation Compass -- Hitler strikes south: the invasion of the Balkans -- Death from above: the airborne invasion of Crete -- The hunt for the Bismarck: on the run in the Atlantic -- Panzergruppe Guderian: the drive on Smolensk 1941 -- Stalin's winter offensive: an expensive lesson -- Death on the Neva: the siege of Leningrad -- The Battle of Sevastopol: conquest of the Crimea -- Gazala and Tobruk: Desert Fox in action -- Forgotten sacrifice: the Arctic convoys -- Disaster at Dieppe: no second front -- Operation Torch: North Africa landings -- Drive for the Volga: looking for oil -- Montgomery's victory: El Alamein --

Stalingrad: death of an army -- Kasserine: Desert Fox strikes back -- Kharkov: Manstein's masterpiece -- Kursk: Eastern turning point -- Target for tonight: the night battles over Germany -- The Schweinfurt raids: Battle over Germany -- Operation Husky: the invasion of Sicily -- The Battle of the Atlantic: defeating the U-boat offensive -- The Big Week: striking at the heart of the Reich -- Breakthrough at Cassino: Battle for the Monastery -- The Anzio landings: a 'stranded whale' -- D-Day: the Normandy landings -- Unstoppable Red Army: the destruction of Army Group Centre -- Normandy breakout -- Death of a city: the Warsaw rising -- Operation Market Garden: the battle for Arnhem -- The last Blitzkrieg: the Ardennes offensive -- Storming into Germany: the battle of the Rhine -- Battle for Budapest: a city under siege -- Air war over Europe, 1945: allies supreme -- Battle for Berlin: the fall of the Reich --

The War in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor: day of infancy -- Expansion in the Pacific: the Indian Ocean raid -- Coral Sea: carriers in action -- The Battle of Midway: decision in the Pacific -- The Battle of Guadalcanal: all for an airfield -- Solomons: the sea battles -- Kokoda Trail: New Guinea 1942-1943 -- Bloody Tarawa: Battle for the Gilberts -- Imphal and Kohima: victory of the forgotten army -- The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot -- Leyte Gulf: final victory -- Return to the Philippines -- Strangling Japan: the submarine war in the Pacific -- The sands of Iwo Jima -- The road to Mandalay: triumph in Burma -- Okinawa: end of an empire.

This comprehensive reference volume is divided into two parts, the war in Europe and North Africa and the war in the Pacific. Within each section every campaign is described in detail and analysed. Chronologies show how the war progressed from one day to another. World War II remains the largest military conflict in history.--[from introduction]

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