World War II : A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 51641)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number World War II A Very Short Introduction
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 940.53 WEI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Weinberg, Gerhard L
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title World War II : A Very Short Introduction
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 136
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come about that there was a Second World War causing twice the 30 million deaths and many times more destruction as had been caused in the previous conflict?<br/><br/>In this Very Short Introduction, Gerhard L. Weinberg provides an introduction to the origins, course, and impact of the war on those who fought and the ordinary citizens who lived through it. Starting by looking at the inter-war years and the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, he examines how the war progressed by examining a number of key events, including the war in the West in 1940, Barbarossa, The German Invasion of the Soviet Union, the expansion of Japan's war with China, developments on the home front, and the Allied victory from 1944-45. Exploring the costs and effects of the war, Weinberg concludes by considering the long-lasting mark World War II has left on society today.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1939-1945
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