The complete illustrated history of the First & Second World Wars : with more than 1000 evocative photographs, maps and battle plans
Sommerville, Donald, 1957-2010
Books
This text begins by looking at the origins of World War I and then chronicles the war a year at a time. The second half of the book details the history of World War II, from the rise of Hitler and the persecution of the Jewish race to the attacks on Pearl Harbour and the dropping of atom bombs.
Main title:
The complete illustrated history of the First & Second World Wars : with more than 1000 evocative photographs, maps and battle plans / Donald Sommerville and Ian Westwell.
Imprint:
London : Lorenz, c2010.
Collation:
512 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: in 2 v. as The complete illustrated history of World War I by Ian Westwell. 2008; and as The complete illustrated history of World War II by Donald Sommerville. 2008.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780754822776 (hbk)
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
1670327
More Information: