From spy missions to code breaking, this richly illustrated account of the covert operations of World War II takes readers behind the battle lines and deep into the undercover war effort that changed the course of history.
This highly visual history of key world events has been revised and expanded to include such recent history-making developments as the launch of the iPad, 2011's Arab Spring, Europe's debt crisis, and myriad other continually evolving, world-changing threads and themes, all unfolding at once, and all interconnected.
With 34 newly created battle maps that trace the movements of troops and pivotal moments of the Civil War, and more than 85 archival maps that illustrate the war from every angle, this enthralling atlas is destined to become a must-have reference for historians and the legions of men and women who are fascinated by the Civil War.