The Routledge atlas of the Second World War

"Gilbert graphically charts the war's political, military, economic and social history through 257 illuminating maps. The atlas covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the defeat of Japan in August 1945, including the Blitz; the fall of France; Pearl Harbor; the naval battles of the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific; Dieppe; Stalingrad; Midway; the Normandy Landings; the bombing of Warsaw, London ... the Burma railway; concentration camps and slave labour camps; and prisoner-of-war camps ... Focusing on the human - and inhuman - aspects of the war, The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War includes examination of: military, naval and air campaigns on all the war fronts ... and behind the lines ... the impact of the war on civilians, both under occupation, and as deportees and refugees; the aftermath of the war; post-war political and national boundaries; war graves; and the human cost of the war on every continent. This new paperback edition includes several updates to existing maps, as well as ten new maps specially drawn for this edition"--Back cover. 2nd edition. 1 atlas (xviii, 257 pages, xlvi) : maps ; 25 cm