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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice reference book that covers all of WWII with maps and key events,
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This review is from: The Chronological Atlas of World War Two (Hardcover)
This is a great reference book and one of my favorites. It can be useful for students first reading about the war or for old pros as a quick reference. Its a fairly large book at 12 in by 9 in. Its format is a chronological timeline that includes all military theaters. It begins at the end of WWI and works its way to post war problems up to just before the Korean War. Many listings are military- land sea and air but there are also listings on politics, concentration camps, the bomb etc. These event listings are not just a few words but a meaningful description that you can understand and appreciate. In addition to these event listings, there are maps that give greater meaning to the text. The maps are large and easy to read with a wealth of info included. Most of the maps are full page or near full page that contains relevant cities, rivers etc. There are footnotes at the bottom of each page that helps the reader following a particular timeline. Say you wanted to study only the Russian front, the footnotes would lead you to the next relevant chronological page in the progression. This system is unique; I've never seen it in any other book. The table of contents is easy to follow and is an easy means of finding specific events.
There is a comprehensive index that also helps you find what you need. There is also a page listing additional reading if your so inclined. I highly recommend this book, especially for beginners or casual readers who do not have or want many books on the war. The book is easy to use, has descriptive listings and useful maps.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Companion Map Reference for WW2,
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This review is from: The Chronological Atlas of World War Two (Hardcover)
This is an overview of World War Two presented mainly through expertly drawn three-color maps. It isn't a thorough treatment of any particular topic and the notes that accompany the timelines are very, very brief. The Chronological Atlas is a good introduction for the uninitiated and an attractive reference for the expert.
The Chronological Atlas holds a special place in my heart as a book I received as a young child that made me fall in love with maps as useful tools for portraying large amounts of information. Messenger does this quite well, showing major military operations in several phases in each map on varying scales. The book includes all theaters of the war and includes nearly all major air land and sea operations. Huge operations such as Barbarossa (the German invasion of the Soviet Union) encompass multiple maps and show the war on the level of Army Groups/Fronts, while other maps, such as those in the Burma campaign, show individual unit engagements down to the column level. Most maps show wide areas and simplify complex troop/fleet movements down to single colored arrows. The strength of this book is in the density of information presented in a relatively small volume, and its overall cohesiveness, accessibility and attractiveness. It is easy to see, on a basic level, the vast difference between military planners' strategic conceptions of an operation and the actual results. Not all the maps are entirely useful. The Battle of Kursk, for instance, took part in a densely packed area over a short period of time. Despite its importance, it is reduced to a pair of stunted black arrows and a few short captions. On the other hand, Messenger does an excellent job of offering detailed maps of many major land battles, such as El Alamein, Stalingrad, Normandy and Iwo Jima. This book also features a reference system that was ahead of its time. Each 'thread' of the war is referenced in a continuing series of maps that refer to the previous and next in the series at the bottom of each page. This is useful for quickly referencing different events in a particular theater or ongoing battle, such as the strategic bombing war in Europe or the Battle of the Atlantic. Major phases of the war are separated by chapter, divided at key turning points. All in all, a wonderful and visually appealing volume that condenses one of the most complex conflicts in history into a useful summary atlas.
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