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As this volume begins, the Axis powers reign supreme, having conquered much of mainland Europe, moved into the Soviet Union, and pushed the Allies out of the Far East and Pacific. From defeat on the beaches of Dunkirk and the Philippines' jungles, this compelling history moves forward to Allied victory in North Africa, the snow-covered Soviet plains, and the island of Guadalcanal--and ends as the tide turns against the Third Reich.
About the author
Richard Overy, Professor of History at the University of Exeter, is a world-renowned historian and an expert on the history of the Second World War, air warfare and the Hitler and Stalin dictatorships. He has won five prizes for his published work, including in 2005 the Wolfson prize for History. He is the author of Carlton's landmark
The Battle of Britain Experience, in association with the RAF. He is a regular contributor to the
Independent,
Sunday Telegraph and
Guardian.
Summary
Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, this is an outstanding illustrated history of the Second World War written by one of Britain's foremost historians and expert on the Second World War.
From the very start of the war when the Axis powers reigned supreme, conquering Europe and moving East, through to the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the eventual end of the six long years of war. Recall first hand the extraordinary dramas of the Battle of the Bulge, D-Day and the brutal race to Berlin that finally extinguished the Third Reich.
With dozens of specially commissioned maps and specially photographed memorabilia and expert text, this is your ultimate guide to the Second World War.
