内容简介
AcompellingandpowerfulglobalaccountoftheSecondWorldWarinallitsbrutalintensity,nowinpaperback.Evokingtheepicscaleofcombatanditsappallingimpactacrosstheglobe,WorldWarIIisauniquetellingoftheSecondWorldWar.Digitalmapsandtimelinescovereverymajorcampaignandphaseofthewarhighlightingthestrategicproblems,criticalmoments,decisionsandmilitaryactionsthatdecideditsoutcome.Eyewitnessaccountsfromciviliansandsoldierspaintavividpictureofwartimelife,coveringbothcrucialbattlesanddailylifeundersiegeoraerialbombardment.Plusavisitor'sguidetothehundredsofbattlefields,warcemeteries,museumsandmemorialstothefalleninEurope,Africa,AsiaandthePacific.Idealforallthefamily,WorldWarIIisanessentialchronicleofthewarthatdefinedthemodernworld.