World War Two is a series of fact-packed books on key aspects of the Second World War. Each title offers an appealing, magazine-style design and contains readable narrative text plus panels focusing on personalities, events, weapons, documents and other background information. Also included are mini timelines that highlight the dates of important events to keep a clear chronological picture in readers' minds.

Key Battles investigates the battles that were vital to the outcome of World War Two, from the Nazi Blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939 to The Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific right at the the end of the war.

This book features in the following series: World War 2, World War Two .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Michael Gallagher is a well-known historian, author and BBC journalist. He specialises in military history.

This book has the following chapters:

• Section 1: The World at War
• Section 1: Blitzkrieg on Poland
• Section 1: The Battle of Britain
• Section 1: The Battle of the Atlantic
• Section 1: Pearl Harbor
• Section 1: The Battle of Midway
• Section 1: El Alamein
• Section 1: Guadalcanal
• Section 1: Stalingrad
• Section 1: The Battle of Monte Cassino
• Section 1: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
• Section 1: The Battle of Okinawa
• Section 1: Glossary and Websites