Oxford Companion to the Second World War

Here, more than 140 distinguished and internationally renowned contributors have written over 1,750 entries covering the very wide-ranging topics that make up the single subject of World War II. Entries include surveys of major countries: France, Germany, Australia, India, the US, Japan; campaigns: East Africa campaign, Burma campaign, Normandy campaign, Fezzan campaigns, Western desert campaigns; battles; military operations; types of warfare such as electronic, chemical, economic, and signals intelligence; wartime leaders like Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Mussolini, Hirohito; politics and strategy; design, development and use of machines and weapons; organisations associated with the war such as the Arab League and the Hitler Youth; and places made famous in the war, like Dachau, Bletchley Park, and Nagasaki.Dear, I. C. is the author of 'Oxford Companion to the Second World War' with ISBN 9780192141682 and ISBN 0192141686.