Overview

World War II is one of the first conflicts to be extensively recorded in detail by both combatants and journalists, and many iconic photos of the fighting and battlefields have been passed down to us today. But how do these battlefields look now, following the extensive rebuilding of the postwar era? Featuring 75 battlefield sites divided by wartime theatre, World War II Battlefields allows the reader to explore well-known battle locations today and compare them to images captured during the height of the conflict. Examine the huge concrete bunker at Fort Eben Emael, Belgium, captured by German glider troops in May 1940 and still intact today; see the beaches at Tarawa atoll, a scene of fierce fighting between the US Marines and the Japanese defenders in 1943; or the streets of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the centre of a bloody battle between the II SS Panzer Korps and the Red Army; explore the Norman village of Villers-Bocage, where a few German Tiger tanks halted the advance of the British 7th Armoured Division a week after the D-Day landings; see the twin-medieval towers of the bridge at Remagen on the Rhine river, made famous in photos and movies; see the dozens of Japanese ships sunk in Truk Lagoon following comprehensive American air attacks, and today a popular dive site; and examine Monte Cassino monastery in Italy, destroyed by Allied aerial bombing and since completely rebuilt as a place of pilgrimage.

Full Product Details

Author:   Paul Woodadge
Publisher:   Amber Books Ltd
Imprint:   Amber Books
Dimensions:   Width: 23.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 30.30cm
Weight:   1.330kg
ISBN:  

9781838861575

ISBN 10:   1838861572
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   02 June 2022
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents include: Western Europe Dunkirk beach, France Atlantic Wall, France St Nazaire, France Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Pont du Hoc, Normandy Carentan, Normandy, France Villers-Bocage, Normandy, France Operation Dragoon, landings in Southern France Fort Eben Emael, Belgium Ardennes forest, Belgium Bastogne, Ardennes Offensive Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen, Netherlands Arnhem Bridge, Netherlands Führerbunker, Berlin, Germany Trondheim, Norway Eastern Europe Ruins at Westerplatte, Gdansk, Poland Gleiwitz Radio Station, Poland Kaunas Bridge, Lithuania Pripet marches, Belarus Old Steam Mill, Volgograd (Stalingrad), Russia Pavlov’s House, Volgograd (Stalingrad) Kharkiv, Ukraine Sumska Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine Prokhorovka, Russia Seelow Heights, Germany Oder River Warsaw Berlin Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate Mediterranean, Africa & Middle East Tobruk, Libya Bir Hakeim, Egypt El Alamein, Egypt Catania, Sicily Monte Cassino Monastery, Italy Crete Battle of Malta – defences Operation Torch landings, Oman, Algeria Kasserine Pass, Tunisia Gothic Line defences, Italy Anzio beach Asia and the Pacific Pearl Harbor / USS Arizona Johor Causeway, Malaysia Bukit Chandu/Kent Ridge, Singapore Midway Island Kokoda Trail, New Guinea Tarawa defences Saipan landing beaches Mt Suribachi, Iwo Jima Landing beaches, Okinawa, Japan Macarthur wades ashore, Leyte Gulf, Philippines Truk Lagoon, Micronesia Mitsubishi Ki-21, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea US Amphibious LVT, Bloody Nose Ridge, Peleliu, Palau Islands Hiroshima, Japan

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Paul Woodadge is a battlefield guide, author and historian living in Normandy, France. He has spent nearly three decades bringing the history of World War II to an audience of both tourists and arm-chair history buffs through his tours and as a guest on numerous TV shows. He is the host of WW2TV, a popular YouTube channel that brings together the world’s best military historians to discuss the conflict.

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