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A concise history of the Second World War.



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Operation 'Husky': Invasion of Sicily • Italy: Invasion and Surrender • Operation 'Cartwheel': War for New Guinea • Island Hopping in the Pacific: Gilbert and Marshall Islands • The Battle for Monte Cassino • D-Day • Battle for Normandy • The V-weapons Campaign • The Marianas: Defence to the Death • Operation 'Bagration' • Breakout: Operation 'Cobra' • The end of Vichy France: Operation 'Dragoon' • The Liberation of Paris • Operation 'Market Garden' • The Recapture of the Philippines • The Battle of the Bulge • Soviet Advance on Germany: Vistula-Oder Operation • Iwo Jima • The Fire-bombing of Tokyo • The Western Advance in Germany: From the Rhine to the Elbe • Okinawa • Liberation of the Camps • Victory in Burma • Battle for Berlin • Victory in Italy • The German Surrender • The Atomic Bombs • The Japanese Surrender.

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      Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 05/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9780233006215, 978-0233006215
      ISBN10: 0233006214
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A concise history of the Second World War.



      Table of Contents

      Operation 'Husky': Invasion of Sicily • Italy: Invasion and Surrender • Operation 'Cartwheel': War for New Guinea • Island Hopping in the Pacific: Gilbert and Marshall Islands • The Battle for Monte Cassino • D-Day • Battle for Normandy • The V-weapons Campaign • The Marianas: Defence to the Death • Operation 'Bagration' • Breakout: Operation 'Cobra' • The end of Vichy France: Operation 'Dragoon' • The Liberation of Paris • Operation 'Market Garden' • The Recapture of the Philippines • The Battle of the Bulge • Soviet Advance on Germany: Vistula-Oder Operation • Iwo Jima • The Fire-bombing of Tokyo • The Western Advance in Germany: From the Rhine to the Elbe • Okinawa • Liberation of the Camps • Victory in Burma • Battle for Berlin • Victory in Italy • The German Surrender • The Atomic Bombs • The Japanese Surrender.

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