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Атлас второй мировой войны. Много фотографий, карты основных сражений.
Краткое описание хода военных действий.
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Introduction
Blitzkrieg
The War in Northern Waters
The Desert War and the Mediterranean
Soviet Ambitions Betrayed
The Course of Global Conflict: 1939-45
The Japanese Juggernaut
The Italian Campaign
Ebb Tide in the Pacific
Retaking Burma: The Forgotten War
Russia Finds Its Strength
Fortress Europe Overthrown
Index
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Copyright © 1985 Brompton Books Corp This edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc., by arrangement with Brompton Books Corp. 2000 Barnes & Noble Books All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without first obtaining written permission of the copyright owner. Printed in China Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Natkiel, Richard. Atlas of World War II.
Page 1: Occupying German troops march past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1940. Page 2-3: Italian troops on the Eastern Front, 1942. This page: US Marines at Iwo Jima plot the position of a Japanese machine gun post, February 1945.
Contents Introduction Blitzkrieg The War in Northern Waters The Desert War and the Mediterranean Soviet Ambitions Betrayed The Course of Global Conflict: 1939-45 The Japanese Juggernaut The Italian Campaign Ebb Tide in the Pacific Retaking Burma: The Forgotten War Russia Finds Its Strength Fortress Europe Overthrown
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Introduction It has often been stated that World War II was part of a European Civil War that began in 1914 at the start of World War I. This is partly true. In Europe, at