EUROPE AT WAR 1339-45 - Access to History

EUROPE AT WAR, 1939-45

This title provides coverage of one of the most costly and vicious conflicts in history, and assesses its impact upon Europe. The author charts the major military campaigns of the Second World War, and analysis its social and economic affects on the countries involved, particularly Nazi Germany and the USSR. Specific events and methods of fighting are given coverage, including Germany's military objectives and the Allied response, the impact of Blitzkrieg, the fall of both Poland and France, the Battle of Britain, and the subsequent turning of the tide with Allied victories in North Africa and the invasion of France. The Eastern Front and the closing events of the war from D-Day to the fall of Berlin are also fully examined. In addition there is coverage of life in Nazi-occupied Europe and the conduct of the war.