In September 1939, Nazi Germany launched its infamous
Blitzkrieg invasion of Poland, bringing about the outbreak
of World War II. Faced with highly tactical and accelerated
attacks aimed at disrupting lines of defence and encircling
vulnerable troops, Allied forces broke under pressure.
Within the space of a year, France had been invaded and
occupied, while the forces of Great Britain had retreated
headlong back across the Channel. Further campaigns in the
air and at sea sought to subdue the British Isles, while
more lightning-fast attacks in 1941 overran Yugoslavia and
Greece, leaving the bulk of Continental Europe under Nazi
control. Featuring 98 detailed maps, this impressive atlas
shows, in intricate detail, the fighting and physical
challenges faced by the German attackers and Allied
defenders.
New in illustrated boards - large format, 217pp, 98 colour
maps
