Mapping the Second World War / Peter Chasseaud
2015, 1st Edition. Glasgow: Collins. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #338143
Physical description: 303 pages: illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour); 28 cm. Contents: Chapter 1. 1918-1939: the Treaty of Versailles to the Invasion of Poland -- Chapter 2. 1940: the German Invasion of Norway, the Low Countries and France -- Chapter 3. 1940: the Battle of Britain and the German Invasion threat (Operation Sealion) -- Chapter 4. The Balkans and North Africa, 1940-3 -- Chapter 5. Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Russia, 1941 -- Chapter 6. The War in Asia and the Pacific, 1941-2: Pearl Harbor to Midway -- Chapter 7. Russia and the Eastern Front 1942-4: Stalingrad, Kursk and the relief of Leningrad -- Chapter 8. The War at Sea -- Chapter 9. The War in the Air: strategic bombing -- Chapter 10. Sicily and Italy -- Chapter 11. Planning for the Normandy Landings: Neptune and Overlord -- Chapter 12. D-Day to VE-Day -- Chapter 13. The Eastern Front and the Defeat of Germany 1944-5 -- Chapter 14. Burma and the Pacific after Midway: 1942-5 -- Afterword -- German military terms -- Glossary: list of abbreviations. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Maps. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns; Maps. World War 1939-1945 Cartography. Military maps. World War, 1939-1945 History Maps. Second World War, 1939-1945. Genre: Atlases. Cartographic image.
Price: €14.95