Robin Cross

A compelling and powerful global account of the Second World War in all its brutal intensity.
Evoking the epic scale of combat and its appalling impact across the globe, World War II is a unique telling of the Second World War.
Digital maps and timelines cover every major campaign and phase of the war highlighting the strategic problems, critical moments, decisions and military actions that decided its outcome. Eyewitness accounts from civilians and soldiers paint a vivid picture of wartime show more life, covering both crucial battles and daily life under siege or aerial bombardment. Plus a visitor's guide to the hundreds of battlefields, war cemeteries, museums and memorials to the fallen in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. show less

When I began reading this I had a de ja vu moment - Here in the first half of the book were a number of women I myself had featured on my website "Women of History" back in 1998 (which although no longer physically exists, is still archived on the internet).

Having said that, there is an impressive range of women featured - an entry level tome for those wishing to explore further themselves.

A good overview of the War using pictures and limited text. Some of the photos were the usual such as the Chinese baby on the train platform in Shanghai and the British soldier caught aiming his rifle at German aircraft just as he is hit by a bullet. There were, however, many I had not seen before. While a British book, it covers all combatants evenly.

A collection of Hollywood related scandals from throughout the years, including all the old favorites like my man Errol Flynn, Lana Turner, William Desmond Taylor and others you know so well, but none that I didn't already know.

World's Greatest Hollywood Scandals isn't the go-to book for anyone already au fait with the world of Hollywood scandals but may be a useful introduction to the subject.