Concise Historical Atlas of World War Two The Geography of Conflict

by Story, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780195182200
• ISBN10: 0195182200
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

World War Two was a war of rapid and far-reaching conquest and movement, and a good sense of world geography is essential to grasping its magnitude and sweep. The Concise Historical Atlas of World War Two: The Geography of Conflict consists of 50 full-color maps that vividly convey not onlythe key military battles and campaigns but also the cultural and political geography of the war. Each map covers a significant phase of World War Two and is accompanied by an adjacent page of explanatory text that clarifies the shifting frontiers and populations of the region represented. Thesedescriptions explain features of the conflict in question, describe changes in circumstances and the movements of battles, contextualize the events, and suggest longer-term consequences of campaigns. Offering a vivid summary of the war over space and time, this unique, full-color atlas covers alltheatres of the war. It is ideal for courses on World War Two, American and European history in the twentieth century, U.S. political and military history, and world history. It is also a fascinating resource for anyone interested in the sprawling landscape of the Second World War.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(5)
Europe in 1914	6	(2)
Africa	8	(2)
Europe in 1920	10	(2)
The French Frontier Between the World Wars	12	(2)
Spain (1930s)	14	(2)
Europe in 1939	16	(2)
The Invasion of Poland (1939)	18	(2)
The Fall of France (1940)	20	(2)
The Partition of France	22	(2)
The Battle of Britain (1940--1941)	24	(2)
The Battle of the Atlantic (1940--1943)	26	(2)
The Desert War (1940--1942)	28	(2)
The Battle of El Alamein (October-November 1942)	30	(2)
The Conquest of North Africa (November 1942--May 1943)	32	(2)
Barbarossa---The Invasion of the U.S.S.R. (June--September 1941)	34	(2)
The Drive on Moscow (October--December 1941)	36	(2)
The Caucasus Campaign (May--November 1942)	38	(2)
The Stalingrad Campaign (September 1942--January 1943)	40	(2)
Kursk (Summer 1943)	42	(2)
The Soviets' Move West (December 1943--April 1944)	44	(2)
Resistance	46	(2)
Strategic Bombing (1942--1945)	48	(2)
Italy (1943--1944)	50	(2)
Operation Overlord---The Normandy Invasion (June 1944)	52	(2)
The Allied Advance (June--August 1944)	54	(2)
The Battle of White Russia (Summer 1944)	56	(2)
The Liberation of France (August--September 1944)	58	(2)
The Battle of the Bulge (December 1944)	60	(2)
The Defeat of Nazi Germany (1945)	62	(2)
The Fall of Berlin (April 1945)	64	(2)
The Liberation of the Camps (1945)	66	(2)
Occupied Germany	68	(2)
Postwar Europe	70	(2)
Asia in the Early 20th Century	72	(2)
China in the Early 20th Century	74	(2)
The Expansion of Japan to 1938	76	(2)
China Divided---The Long March (1934--1935)	78	(2)
Pearl Harbor (December 1941)	80	(2)
The Conquest of Southeast Asia (December 1941--June 1942)	82	(2)
The Battle of Midway (June 1942)	84	(2)
New Guinea (1942--1944)	86	(2)
The Central Pacific Drive (November 1943--July 1944)	88	(2)
The Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 1944)	90	(2)
The Starvation of the Home Islands	92	(2)
Okinawa (Spring 1945)	94	(2)
China-Burma-India	96	(2)
The Air War (1944--1945)	98	(2)
The Atomic Bomb (August 1945)	100	(2)
Occupied Japan	102	(2)
Independent Asia	104	(3)
Index	107