Description |
287 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 27 cm |
Note |
Originally published: Florence : Giunti, 2000. |
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Translated from the Italian. |
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Includes index. |
Summary |
Featuring many previously unpublished photographs of the European, African, and Pacific theaters of war, this book provides an illustrated account of World War II, including the narrative of the war, facts, key campaign maps, profiles of military and political leaders, and more. |
Contents |
Impossible peace -- Outbreak of conflict -- Capitulation of France -- From Tobruk to the Atlantic -- Barbarossa & Pearl Harbour -- Europe in the Nazi grip -- War in the Pacific -- Allies on the offensive -- Leningrad, Rome, Paris, Warsaw -- Japan on the retreat -- From Yalta to hiroshima -- Legacy of conflict. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works.
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Illustrated works.
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Added Author |
Fiorani, Flavio, 1952-
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Other Form: |
Online version: Storia Illustrata della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. English. New illustrated history of World War II. Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 2005 (OCoLC)609322699 |
ISBN |
0715321021 (pbk.) |
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9780715321027 (pbk.) |
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