The good fight : how World War II was won

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Information & Library Science Library — Juvenile

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J940.53 Ambrose
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Available

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Summary

Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the finest historians of our time, has written an extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers.

From Japanese warplanes soaring over Pearl Harbor, dropping devastation from the sky, to the against-all-odds Allied victory at Midway, to the Battle of the Bulge during one of the coldest winters in Europe's modern history, to the tormenting decision to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima with atomic weapons, The Good Fight brings the most horrific--and most heroic--war in history to a new generation in a way that's never been done before.

In addition to Ambrose's accounts of major events during the war, personal anecdotes from the soldiers who were fighting on the battlefields, manning the planes, commanding the ships--stories of human triumph and tragedy--bring the war vividly to life.

Highlighting Ambrose's narrative are spectacular color and black-and-white photos, and key campaign and battlefield maps. Stephen E. Ambrose's singular ability to take complex and multifaceted information and get right to its essence makes The Good Fight the best book on World War II for kids.

Contents

War origins: Europe -- Map of German conquests -- Map of the Pacific campaign -- War origins: Asia -- Pearl Harbor -- Training for war -- The Doolittle raid -- The battle of Midway -- Japanese-American relocation centers -- The battle of the Atlantic -- Guadalcanal -- Map of the battle of Guadalcanal -- Map of operation torch -- Operation torch -- The Aleutian campaign -- Operation husky -- The campaign in Italy -- Map of operation husky and the Italian campaign -- Map of the China-Burma-India theater -- China-Burma-India theater of operations -- Tarawa -- Arsenal of democracy -- The air war over Europe -- The Manhattan project -- D-Day -- Map of D-Day -- The invasion of Saipan -- The liberation of Paris -- The liberation of the Philippines -- The air war over Japan -- The battle of the Bulge -- Iwo Jima -- The Rhine river crossings -- The holocaust -- The U.S. and Soviet armies meet at Torgau -- V-E Day -- Map of Nazi Germany 1945 -- Map of Japan 1945 -- Okinawa -- The war conferences -- The atomic bomb -- V-J Day -- The war crimes trials -- The Marshall plan -- Glossary -- Bibliography & related web sites -- Index.

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