Neil Kagan

This comprehensive atlas delves into the cartographic history of WWII: 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 crucial Pacific theater maps used by B-17 pilots. Satellite data renders terrain as never before seen, highlighting countries and continents in stunning detail to include the towns, cities, provinces, and transportation roads for a pinpoint-accurate depiction of army movements and alliances. Gripping wartime stories from these hallowed fields of battle, along with photographs, sketches, confidential documents, and artifacts color the rest of this timeless and informative book. This definitive, lavishly illustrated book features an astonishing array of vintage and newly created maps, rare photographs, covert documents, and eyewitness accounts that illuminate the world's greatest conflict.

Here is the shockin gstory behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world's greatest conflicts- and the desiny of millions of people. National Geographic's landmark book illuminates World War II as never before by taking you deep inside the secret lives of spies and spy masters; secret agents and secret armis; Enigma machines and code breakers; psychological warfare and black propaganda; secret weapons and secret battle strategies.