The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War charts the war’s political, military and social history through 257 new maps. It covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland, Stalingrad, and the concentration camps, to the bombing of Dresden and D-Day.
'This really is a brilliantly useful book … All in all, this is an outstanding reference work that can also be enjoyed as an unusual graphic history of the Second World War and its many political, economic and military dimensions.’ – Military Illustrated
"Historian Gilbert's latest atlas covers all aspects of WWII: military, air, and naval battles, compaigns, and raids; the sufferings of civilians, Holocaust victims, forced laborers, POWs, postwar expellees, and displaced persons; economic and social issues; and the aftermath, including locations of war cemeteries ..." - E. F. Konerding, Wesleyan University (CHOICE)
'of the greatest interest and originality' - Sir John Keegan
"Sir Martin Gilbert's Atlas of the Second World War is a work of extraordinary scholarship. His nearly 250 annotated maps clarify every component of the global conflict. No university, library, historian – or anyone interested in World War II – will want to be without it." - Henry Kissinger
‘This really is a brilliantly useful book … All in all, this is an outstanding reference work that can also be enjoyed as an unusual graphic history of the Second World War and its many political, economic and military dimensions.’ – Military Illustrated
'Martin Gilbert's The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War is a riveting collection of original and informative maps.’ – The Observer
'Sir Martin Gilbert's Atlas of the Second World War is a work of extraordinary scholarship ... No university, library, historian – or anyone interested in World War II – will want to be without it.' – Henry Kissinger