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Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II

By: Running Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Reference Books (Running Press)


Product Info

Title
Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II
Publisher
Category
Author
Jon E. Lewis
Dimensions
5.25x8x1.75"
NKG Part #
2148161066
Type
Softcover

Description

Six years that changed the world forever 200 first-hand accounts from World War II

As we leave the twentieth century behind, World War II will forever remain a turning point in history for enthusiasts and the general public alike. It is still an intensively studied and researched subject, inspiring numerous popular histories on television and film. Our interest and desire to understand what it was really like grows ever greater.

Jon E. Lewis has selected 200 first-hand accounts, from Heinz Guderían rolling his panzer tank into Poland in 1939 to the execution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg in 1946. However, this collection is more than a unique eyewitness chronicle. It gives us insight into how the repercussions of war have shaped our modern world, and how nothing from geo-politics to rock 'n' roll can really be understood without considering it.

From the Eastern Front to the Home Front, from Norway to Midway, we follow how the war was planned and fought, individual battles were won or lost. We witness the efforts of not only the generals and politicians, but also the countless soldiers, sailors, airmen and citizens involved. This is their extraordinary story.

  • 200 accounts from both Allied and Axis memoirs, diaries, letters and interviews

  • Divided into the main theatres and campaigns - Blitzkrieg, The Battle of the Atlantic, War in the Desert, Operation Barbarossa, War in Europe, Banzai, The Road to Berlin and War in the Pacific