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E-raamat: Routledge Atlas of the Second World War 2nd edition [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

  • Formaat: 328 pages, 257 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Historical Atlases
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Aug-2009
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203074404
  • Taylor & Francis e-raamat
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  • Formaat: 328 pages, 257 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Historical Atlases
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Aug-2009
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203074404
In The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War, Martin Gilbert graphically charts the wars political, military, economic and social history through 257 illuminating maps. The atlas covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the defeat of Japan in August 1945.

Focusing on the human and inhuman aspects of the war, The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War includes examination of:













military, naval and air campaigns on all the war fronts the war on land, at sea and in the air the economic and social aspects of the war the global nature of the war, in armed combat and in suffering the impact of the war on civilians, both under occupation, and as deportees and refugees the aftermath of the war: post-war political and national boundaries; war graves; and the human cost of the war on every continent.









This paperback edition includes several updates to existing maps, as well as ten new maps, specially drawn for this edition. The new maps include examinations of Japanese- American and African- American soldiers serving with the United States Army, British women special agents, Belgium at War, and the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
Introduction vi
Acknowledgements xii
List of Maps
xiii
From the German Invasion of Poland to the Fall of France
16(24)
Britain Alone and its Allies
40(12)
The Soviet Union Becomes an Allied Power
52(17)
Japan and the United States Enter the War
69(18)
The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942 and Beyond
87(23)
The Unarmed and the Civilians
110(24)
Total War
134(36)
Year of Decision: 1944
170(14)
The Defeat of Germany
184(18)
The Defeat of Japan
202(32)
Global War
234(23)
Aftermath 257
Epilogue xix
Bibliography of Works Consulted xxi
Index xxxi
Sir Martin Gilbert is one of the leading historians of his generation. An Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, he is the official biographer of Churchill and the author of eighty-two books, among them Churchill - A Life; The Second World War; D-Day; The Day the War Ended and the three-volume A History of the Twentieth Century. For more information please visit http://www.martingilbert.com.