CONTENTS INTRODUCTION The Changing face of War CHAPTER 1 WWII Battles on the Atlantic Ocean CHAPTER 2 WWII in Europe Western Europe 14 CHAPTER 3 WWII in Europe Eastern Europe 26 CHAPTER 4 WWII in the Balkans the Middle East the Mediterranean and Africa 33 La Rue Beach CHAPTER 5 WWII in Asia and the Pacific 39 FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES 45 GLOSSARY 46 INDEX 48
THE CHANGING FACE OF WAR In the early 1900s the world was easier to control The planes could changing The age of machines had also carry larger weapons Airplanes arrived Airplanes automobiles and launched from ships completely other gas powered vehicles were changed naval warfare But air power becoming common This technology was not the only change for the navies was changing not only society but also New submarines meant that danger how wars were fought lurked below too War was becoming more dangerous and more destructive War machines were bigger faster and more powerful than ever before Artillery could fire more powerful missiles and shoot them farther BELOW WWII brought huge advancements in technology and weaponry Planes were becoming faster
mTHIHLuanda LEFT For the German people Hitler was the man who could lead them out of their misery and back to greatness RIGHT The greatest tragedy of war is the loss of human life WAR IS RARELY ABOUT GOOD AGAINST EVIL influence The Allied countries were also fighting to protect and expand Many of the ideas of the German their influence in other parts of the leader Adolf Hitler were certainly world For example the British evil But it is wrong to look at the Axis Germans and Italians fought for forces as evil and the Allied forces control of Egypt Imagine what this as good There were ordinary people battle looked like to Egyptians three on both sides of the conflict and the foreign countries fighting for control of circumstances of war demanded that their land people do things they would never World War II resulted in terrible have done outside of war Perhaps the destruction Between 50 million and greatest evil was committed by both 70 million people died almost half of sides the bombing of cities and the them civilians Countless buildings killing of civilians and homes were destroyed The It is also a mistake to consider the Axis study of war should not be a study of countries as the only group trying good and evil but of what should be to expand their territory power and avoided in the
