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出版DK Pub., 2004
主題History / Military / PictorialHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
ISBN07566052109780756605216
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6hgJAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋World War II is a clear and accessible narrative explains the course of the war and examines its causes, and its momentous consequences. The book examines the objectives and concerns of all the combatants, giving a complete picture of the conflict across its many theatres -- China and Southeast Asia as well as the Western Pacific; the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Scandinavia and Italy, as well as the Eastern and Western Fronts. The major campaigns and phases of the war are introduced by a timeline highlighting the critical moments, decisions and military actions that decided its outcome and detailed coverage of the effect of war on civilians, with features on the home fronts in Germany, Britain, Russia, the USA and Japan, resistance movements, and wartime cinema. The book also includes brief biographies of many major military figures and interesting personalities of the war and eyewitness accounts of soldiers and civilians provide a vivid evocation of life under siege or aerial bombardment, or engagement in crucial battles.