World War II: The Essential Reference Guide

Author Priscilla Roberts

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Author

Priscilla Roberts

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ABC-CLIO

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Copyright

2012

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9781610691024

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9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

In this book an internationally renowned team of historians provides comprehensive coverage of all major campaigns and theaters of World War II, synthesizing the tremendous breadth and depth of source materials on this global conflict. It includes primary-source documents created by both famous leaders and average citizens.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Overview of World War II.
Causes of World War II.
Consequences of World War II.
1: Africa.
2: Atlantic, Battle of the.
3: Atomic Bomb, Decision to Employ.
4: Australia, Role in War.
5: Balkans Theater.
6: Bradley, Omar Nelson (1893–1981).
7: Burma Theater (1941–1945).
8: Canada, Role in War.
9: Casualties.
10: Central Pacific Campaign.
11: China, Role in War.
12: China–Burma–India (CBI) Theater.
13: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874–1965).
14: Collaboration.
15: Combat Fatigue.
16: de Gaulle, Charles (1890–1970).
17: Eastern Front.
18: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890–1969).
19: Finland, Role in War.
20: France, Role in War.
21: Germany, Air Force.
22: Germany, Army.
23: Germany, Navy.
24: Great Britain, Air Force.
25: Great Britain, Army.
26: Great Britain, Navy.
27: Greece, Role in War.
28: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bombing of (August 6 and 9, 1945).
29: Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945).
30: Holocaust, the.
31: Italy, Air Force.
32: Italy, Army.
33: Italy Campaign (1943–1945).
34: Italy, Navy.
35: Japan, Air Force.
36: Japan, Army.
37: Japan, Navy.
38: Latin America and the War.
39: MacArthur, Douglas (1880–1964).
40: Marshall, George Catlett (1880–1959).
41: Midway, Battle of (June 3–6, 1942).
42: Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law (First Viscount Montgomery of Alamein) (1887–1976).
43: Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945).
44: Nimitz, Chester William (1885–1966).
45: North Africa Campaign (1940–1943).
46: Northeast Europe Theater.
47: Patton, George Smith, Jr. (1885–1945).
48: Pearl Harbor, Attack on (December 7, 1941).
49: Poland, Role in War.
50: Prisoners of War (POWs).
51: Resistance.
52: Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen (1891–1944).
53: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945).
54: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT).
55: Southeast Pacific Theater.
56: Southwest Pacific Theater.
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