IWM Second World War Remembered: From Blitzkrieg Through to the Allied Victory - Hardcover

Richard Overy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233004505 ISBN 13: 9780233004501

Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

From the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 and the war-crimes trials, this collector's edition gives a comprehensive overview of the causes, engagements and aftermath of the Second World War with more than 1,000 archive photographs, maps and ephemera. The box set also features an audio DVD of veterans' accounts and 30 facsimile documents including 1938's Munich Agreement and Montgomery's handwritten notes for D-Day. Produced in partnership with Imperial War Museums.

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Review:

You get a real sense of the courage and tenacity of early explorers. --Collectors Corner

About the Author:

Richard Overy, Professor of History, University of Exeter, is a world-renowned historian and an expert on the history of the Second World War, air warfare and the Hitler and Stalin dictatorships. He has won five prizes for his published work, including in 2005 the Wolfson prize for History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0233004505
• ISBN 13: 9780233004501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258