World War II Day By Day

by Antony Shaw

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There have been many straightforward narrative histories of World War II, but few books have attempted to take a strictly chronological, approach to the subject. This allows the reader to see at a glance the key battles on land, at sea, and in the air, the strategic moves, and the political events that occurred across the globe during a particular month, thus providing a snapshot overview of the state of the conflict at one particular moment. The book covers the years from 1939 to 1945, and each year will begin with a brief introduction that offers the reader an overview of the year's events, thereby placing what follows in context.… (more)

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It is what it says it is, a day-by-day diary of the events of the war. The precis of each day is very short and the pictures and maps are very good. For a quick and shallow overview it is good.

xenchu | Jan 25, 2010 |

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World War II. day by day

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2000, Brown Partworks Limited

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France

Normandy, France

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World War II (1939 | 1945)

Operation Overlord (1944-06-06 | 1944-08-30)

D-Day (1944-06-06)

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Introduction: World War I, "The War to End All Wars," was to create many of the conditions that would lead to the outbreak of an even more destructive conflict - World War II.

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1942 in Northern Ireland

1942 in the United Kingdom

Battle of the Sittang Bend

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There have been many straightforward narrative histories of World War II, but few books have attempted to take a strictly chronological, approach to the subject. This allows the reader to see at a glance the key battles on land, at sea, and in the air, the strategic moves, and the political events that occurred across the globe during a particular month, thus providing a snapshot overview of the state of the conflict at one particular moment. The book covers the years from 1939 to 1945, and each year will begin with a brief introduction that offers the reader an overview of the year's events, thereby placing what follows in context.

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Dit chronologisch overzicht van het verloop van de Tweede Wereldoorlog begint met een korte inleiding over het ontstaan van de oorlog. Daarna worden per jaar naar datum de bepalende gebeurtenissen kort besproken. Begonnen wordt met 1 september 1939, de dag waarop het Duitse leger Polen binnenviel en de oorlog begon. Het overzicht eindigt op 2 september 1945, toen Japan zich officieel overgaf aan de Geallieerden. Ten slotte wordt kort de nasleep van de oorlog besproken. In aparte kaders wordt extra informatie gegeven over onder andere sleutelpersonen en -momenten, strategie en tactiek. Dit is geen leesboek, maar een praktisch naslagwerk om feiten en data over de Tweede Wereldoorlog op te zoeken of te checken. De informatie is beknopt, maar heel helder en goed en de nationale gebeurtenissen worden in een groter kader geplaatst. Dat maakt dit overzicht vooral geschikt voor scholieren vanaf vijftien jaar die een werkstuk over dit onderwerp willen maken of journalisten die een artikel over de oorlog voorbereiden. De 400 zwart-witfoto's en kaarten ondersteunen de tekst goed. Met register. Lila omslag met een tiental foto's uit het boek. In dezelfde reekst verscheen ook 'De Eerste Wereldoorlog dag na dag'*.

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