World War II In Photographs - Hardcover

Andrews McMeel Publishing; Holmes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184222073X ISBN 13: 9781842220733

Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This book utilizes many never-before-published photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

George Herbert Hill was a correspondent at the "Belfast Telegraph" and later joined the "Daily Mail" until his retirement. He died in 1969. Richard Holmes is author of several acclaimed books on military subjects, most recently the bestselling "Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western front 1914-1918,"

From Booklist:

Holmes' poignant book contains 500 photographs, almost all of them black-and-white and most drawn from Britain's Imperial War Museum. A few were taken by prominent photographers, such as Cecil Beaton and Robert Capa, but many of the photographers--some destined to remain unknown, others ordinary officers and men--served with army film and photographic units. There are also captured German and Japanese official photographs. Presentation is by year, from 1939 to 1945. Holmes prefaces each year with an account of its major events and briefly introduces each block of photos within a year. Although most of the pictures are war photos, some reflect the fact that millions of civilians were affected--young children being evacuated from London, a British air raid warden comforting a child rescued from a bombed-out home, German citizens made to view the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, shaven-headed French women accused of sexually consorting with the Germans. World War II enthusiasts will want both books. George Cohen
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About this edition

• Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 184222073X
• ISBN 13: 9781842220733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400