DK - World War II Map by Map

CONTENTS

DK LONDON

Senior Editor Hugo Wilkinson

Project Editors Shashwati Tia Sarkar,

Miezan van Zyl

Editor Polly Boyd

US Editors Megan Douglass, Lori Hand

Editorial Assistant Michael Clark

Project Assistant Briony Corbett

Managing Editor Angeles Gavira Guerrero

Associate Publisher Liz Wheeler

Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf

Lead Senior Art Editor Duncan Turner

Senior Art Editor Sharon Spencer

Project Art Editor Steve Woosnam-Savage

Cartographer Ed Merritt

Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT

Jacket Designer Surabhi Wadhwa

Jacket Editor Emma Dawson

Producer (Pre-production) Rob Dunn

Senior Producer Meskerem Berhane

Managing Art Editor Michael Duffy

Art Director Karen Self

Design Director Phil Ormerod

12 The seeds of war

14 The legacy of World War I

16 The League of Nations

18 Europe of the dictators

20 Hitler and Nazi Germany

22 China in turmoil

24 The Spanish Civil War

26 The Sino-Japanese War

28 Germany and Italy expand

30 Kristallnacht

32 Countdown in Europe

36 War in Europe

38 Poland destroyed

40 The phony war

42 Battle of the River Plate

44 The Winter War in Finland

46 The battle for Norway

48 The German offensive

in the west

50 Blitzkrieg

52 Evacuating Dunkirk

54 The fall of France

56 Power struggles in Africa

58 The Battle of Britain

60 The Blitz

62 Britain at bay

64 The U-boat war begins

66 Sinking of the Bismarck

68 The end of US neutrality

70 Lend-Lease

72 The Mediterranean

and Middle East

74 Italy’s campaigns in Africa

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