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This comprehensive reference volume is divided into two parts, the war in Europe and North Africa and the war in the Pacific. Within each section every campaign is described in detail and analysed. Chronologies show how the war progressed from one day to another. World War II remains the largest military conflict in history. Features of this book: comprehensive coverage of all the main action in World War II; exhaustive chronologies give a blow-by-blow account of how the war progressed; chronicling events across Europe, north Africa, and the Pacific -- from the Nazi invasion of Poland to the battle for Okinawa; illustrated with action photographs and detailed full-color maps throughout. - Publisher.