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Story's Concise Historical Atlas is an excellent overview of the war, probably the best brief treatment I've seen. The maps are clear, brightly colored. Most of them are easy to grasp. The main battles and campaigns are well covered. There also are some nice surprises, such as continental Africa, Spain, the Chinese Communist Long March, the building of the bomb, and the Japanese camp system, that war surveys don't usually include. The maps stretch over a huge 50-year period, which is a big help in conveying the roots and consequences of the war. The commentaries that go with each map are also good. The writing is crisp, with lots of good basic information, useful insights. They have a dramatic quality that's quite powerful and makes you want to keep turning the pages. Some people might think there's too much coverage of the Eastern Front and mainland Asia, and there are a few errors and typos that need to be corrected in a future edition. Overall, though, a successful effort. Oxford is to be commended.
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CONCISE HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD WAR TWO
THE GEOGRAPHY OF CONFLICT
RONALD STORY University of Massachusetts Amherst
New York • Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2006
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Concise historical atlas of World War Two / by Ronald Story. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 13: 978-0-19-518219-4 (cloth)—ISBN 13: 978-0-19-518220-0 (pbk.) ISBN 0-19-518219-7 (cloth)—ISBN 0-19-518220-0 (pbk.) 1. World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Maps. 2. Historical geography—Maps. I. Story, Ronald. G1038.H52 2005 940.54'022'3—dc22
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Printing number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
TABLE OF C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION
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1 Europe in 1914 2 Africa
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3 Europe in 1920 10 4 The French Frontier Between the World Wars 5 Spain (1930s) 6 Europe in 1939
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7 The Invasion of Poland (1939) 8 The Fall of France (1940) 9 The Partition of France
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10 The Battle of Britain (1940-1941)
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11 The Battle of the Atlantic (1940-1943) 12 The Desert War (1940-1942)
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13 The Battle of El Alamein (October-November 1942)
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14 The Conquest of North Africa (November 1942-May 1943)
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15 Barbarossa—The Invasion of the U.S.S.R. (June-September 1941) 16 The Drive on Moscow (October-December 1941) 17 The Caucasus Campaign (May-November 1942)
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18 The Stalingrad Campaign (September 1942-January 1943) 19 Kursk (Summer 1943)
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20 The Soviets' Move West (December 1943-April 1944) 21 Resistance
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22 Strategic Bombing (1942-1945)
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23 Italy (19