The MacMillan Dictionary of the Second World War1995
by Stephen Pope
"The Macmillan Dictionary of the Second World War is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to history's greatest conflict. More than 1600 detailed entries - together with 15 specially commissioned maps and a series of front-by-front chronologies - cover every aspect of the war, from theatres, actions and operations to weapons, tactics and strategies." "The Dictionary is truly international in scope, looking at the war from the points of view of all the participants, and the thorough coverage of the military side of the conflict is complemented by acute analyses of the political, economic and social issues involved - factors that have been considerably expanded upon in this second edition." "In this new edition many countries previously subsumed under more general entries now have their...