| Description |
95 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Narrative non-fiction.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
THE WORLD AT WAR -- A map of the war -- BUILDING A BONFIRE -- The world the war created -- A new breed of tyranny -- Between the wars -- Inside Hitler's Germany -- Steps to war -- OUTBREAK -- Europe enslaved -- Blitzkrieg -- Cruel conquerors -- The Battle of Britain -- Operation Barbarossa -- The winter war -- Pearl Harbor -- A new Pacific empire -- THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN -- War at sea -- Women at war -- The science of warfare -- Death from above -- Industry goes to war -- Fighting China -- The Holocaust -- Propaganda (truth and lies) -- AXIS IN RETREAT -- America strikes back -- The desert war -- The ordeal of Stalingrad -- The Battle of Kursk -- Italy's tragedy -- War in the Pacific -- Back into Europe -- Children at war -- THE END -- Germany from the West -- Germany from the East -- Berlin falls -- Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- A knockout blow -- The world after the War -- Timeline. |
| Summary |
A far-reaching account of the story of the Second World War, written from a genuinely international perspective, showing how the war affected nations and people all over the world. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
McNee, Ian.
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| Added Title |
Second World War |
| ISBN |
9781601302809 (library binding) |
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1601302800 (library binding) |
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