campaigns

Discusses some of the important battles in Europe during World War II, including Operation Torch, Operation Husky, the Italian campaign, Operation Overlord, the Battle of the Bulge, last battles, and VE Day.

Describes the events leading up to the Allied invasion of Europe--the last turning point in World War II.

Details the Germans' last big offensive to reverse the course of World War II at the end of 1944.

Details the bloody defeat of the supposedly impregnable Singapore by the Japanese in 1942, an event which signaled the end of European colonial empires in the Far East.

Details the heroic evacuation of Allied troops from the beach at Dunkirk by both British naval ships and civilian craft in June 1940, despite heavy German bombardment.

Describes the events of the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion ever attempted.

Presents, in text and illustrations, an overview of the causes, events, and outcome of the Second World War.

To honor his father who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam eagerly enlists in the Marines in 1944, survives boot camp, and faces combat on the tiny island of Okinawa.

Discusses the training, supplies, equipment and role of American Army ground troops fighting in the Pacific during World War II.

Contains photographs and descriptions of the uniforms worn and equipment used by American soldiers in Europe during World War II, from 1942 to 1945; and includes a brief history of the war from the Kasserine Pass to Berlin.