This book provides an accessible introduction of 28 of the most important actions of World War II, including Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, El Alamein, the seige of Leningrad, Kursk, Monte Cassino, the D-Day landings, Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, the Battle of Berlin, and many, many more. It includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle. It features more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations of the soldiers, uniforms, and military technology of the time.

ISBN: 9781445411309