This atlas explores the causes, course and consequences of World War II. Clear maps and diagrams are accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text addressing not just battles and campaigns, but also clarifying the key social, economic and political aspects of the war. These are vital for understanding the totality of the war experience and its enduring legacy. Students and general readers should find this a useful and accessible introduction to the war in all its facets, from its origins to its legacy.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Palgrave Concise Historical Atlases .

There are 144 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2005 by Palgrave USA .

MARTIN H. FOLLY is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Studies at Brunel University, UK. He is the author of Churchill, Whitehall and the Soviet Union, 1940-45 (Palgrave, 2000) and The United States and World War II (2002). He has published articles on North Atlantic Treaty, and on the Grand Alliance in World War II.

This book has the following chapters: The Road to War in Europe (i) - The Road to War in Asia (i) - The Road to War in Europe (ii) - The Polish Campaign, 1939, and the Partition of Poland - The Russo-FinnishWar and Soviet-German Relations 1939-41 - The 'Phoney War' and Norway 1940 - Fall of the Low Countries and France, 1940 - Battle of Britain - Western Desert Campaigns 1940-41 - East African Campaigns and Iraq, Syria, Iran - German and Italian Advances in the Balkans 1940-4; War in the Mediterranean 1940-42 - Road to War in Asia (ii) - Barbarossa: Eastern Front 1941 - The Defence of Moscow - Japanese Advances 1941-42 (insets: Pearl Harbour, Philippines 1942-42) - Turning Points in the Pacific: Battles of Coral Sea and Midway - Solomons and New Guinea Campaigns 1942-43 - North Africa, 1942 and Operation Torch - War in China 1942-45 - The North Atlantic 1940-43 - Eastern Front 1942 - Europe Under the Nazis - The 'Final Solution' - Lend-Lease - 'Big Three' Diplomacy, 1941-44 - Operation Husky: Invasion of Sicily - Summer Campaign in the USSR, 1943 (inset: Battle of Kursk) - Italian Campaign 1943-45 (inset: Monte Cassino) - USSR in the 'Great Patriotic War' - USA in the War - The Greater South-East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Asia Under the Japanese - British Home Front - German Home Front - Japanese Home Front - Soviet Advances 1943-44: Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and the Baltic States - The Battle for France 1944 - Market-Garden and the Drive to the Rhine - The Battle of the Bulge - Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Advances - Burma Campaign - Battle of Leyte Gulf - Iwo Jima and Okinawa - The Combined Bomber Offensive Against Germany - Soviet Advances of 1944-45: The Balkans and the Percentages Agreement - The Yalta Conference - Battle for Germany 1945 - The Final Defeat of Japan - United Nations (Including Cost of the War) - Post-War Settlement and Legacy of War in Europe - Post-War Settlement and Legacy of War in Asia