Atlas of World War II : history's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography

Atlas of World War II History's greatest conflict revealed through rare wartime maps and new cartography

Stephen G. Hyslop, 1950-

Maps - 2018

Explores the cartographic history of WWII through 114 maps charting naval, land, and aerial attacks from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge. Rare maps include a detailed Germany & Approaches map used by Allied forces in the final stages of the war, full large-scale wartime maps of the world used by President Roosevelt, and Pacific theater maps used by B-17 pilots. Also includes wartime stories from the fields of battle, photographs, sketches, and confidential documents.

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Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 > Maps.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Maps.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns.
Atlases.
Military maps.
Genres
Atlases
Military maps
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Stephen G. Hyslop, 1950- (author)
Other Authors
Kenneth W. Rendell (writer of foreword), Gregory Ugiansky (cartographer)
Item Description
"Official book of the International Museum of World War II"--Jacket.
Physical Description
1 atlas (255 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 36 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.
ISBN
9781426219719
  • Prelude to war, 1941: Blitzkrieg
  • Prelude to war, 1943: war in the Pacific
  • 1942-1944: breaking Hitler's grip
  • 1944-1945: victory over Germany
  • 1943-1945: defeating Japan.
Review by Library Journal Review

Featuring 114 period maps and 100 new ones, this stunning atlas illustrates the military campaigns and political boundaries of World War II. Also included are contextualizing essays, photo reproductions of weapons and soldiers, and pictures of artifacts of the era such as spy gear and tattered wartime flags. Coverage is comprehensive, including major battles (Stalingrad and Midway, where the tide turned against Germany and Japan) and obscure theaters (Burma). Kagan (editor, Great Photography of World War II) and frequent National Geographic contributor Hyslop (Atlas of the Civil War) arrange the chapters chronologically by theater and belligerent. Emphasis is on war and politics, with few maps illustrating economies, populations, or other aspects. Despite the atlas's coffee-table dimensions, several of the full-page period maps are faded, densely detailed, and handwritten, which makes deciphering them tricky without a magnifying glass. One disturbing entry is a Nazi sketch showing the Baltic States and Belorussia, each marked with a coffin and the number of Jewish people murdered as of 1942. Shockingly, this map is labeled Estonia "Judenfrei"-the Nazis believed they had exterminated every Jew in Estonia. VERDICT Thoughtfully curated and beautifully designed, this volume is sure to appeal to military history aficionados and anyone with an unadorned coffee table.-Michael Rodriguez, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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