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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.

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.

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C9007807453 940.54 HYS
Adult nonfiction   City Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781426219719
Dewey 940.54
Author Hyslop, Stephen G. 1950-, (Stephen Garrison) 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.
Published Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2018]
Physical description 255 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour) ; 36 cm.
General note "Official book of the International Museum of World War II"--Jacket.
Note Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.
Contents note 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
Historical geography -- Maps
Military maps
Additional author Kagan, Neil editor.
Rendell, Kenneth W. writer of foreword.
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