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Author Hyslop, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrison), 1950- author.

Title Atlas of World War II : history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography / Neil Kagan [editor], Stephen G. Hyslop [author] ; foreword by Kenneth W. Rendell ; Gregory Ugiansky, cartographer.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2018]
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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 KAG    On Holdshelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.54 NAT    Check Shelf
Description 1 atlas (255 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 36 cm
Note "Official book of the International Museum of World War II"--Jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.
Contents Prelude to war, 1941: Blitzkrieg -- Prelude to war, 1943: war in the Pacific -- 1942-1944: breaking Hitler's grip -- 1944-1945: victory over Germany -- 1943-1945: defeating Japan.
Summary Explores the cartographic history of WWII through 114 maps charting naval, land, and aerial attacks from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge. Rare maps include a detailed Germany & Approaches map used by Allied forces in the final stages of the war, full large-scale wartime maps of the world used by President Roosevelt, and Pacific theater maps used by B-17 pilots. Also includes wartime stories from the fields of battle, photographs, sketches, and confidential documents.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Maps.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Maps.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Atlases.
Military maps.
Atlases. (OCoLC)fst01423875
Scientific atlases. (OCoLC)fst01941304
Added Author Kagan, Neil, editor.
Rendell, Kenneth W., writer of foreword.
Ugiansky, Gregory, cartographer.
Added Title Atlas of World War 2
Atlas of World War Two
ISBN 1426219717 (hardback)
9781426219719 (hardback)
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