Times Atlas of the Second World War

by John Keegan, The Times

This Atlas plots, on the ground, at sea and in the air, the exact course of the war--including the political, economic and strategic background. The finest, specially designed cartography is combined with standard NATO military symbols to denote armies and fleets of every type and size. Every theatre of war is delineated from the cities of Europe to the vast expanses of the Pacific, from the deserts of North Africa and the steppes of Russia to the dense jungles of Burma and South-east Asia.

Edited by the leading military historian, John Keegan, with the participation of many eminent experts in their field, The Times Atlas of the Second World War provides hundreds of maps, charts and commentaries to enable the reader to trace the course of the world's greatest conflict.

Genres: History, World War II, Military History, Reference, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, War

255 pages, Hardcover

Published March 13, 1995

About the author

Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan, OBE, FRSL was a British military historian, lecturer and journalist. He published many works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime and intelligence warfare as well as the psychology of battle.

Reviews

[Dropbear123 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

It's fine. The maps and pictures are decent considering it came out in 1989. Most of the content - maps and text - is focused on the army movements so it is fairly dry. Lots of x army moved to y area and maps with arrows and squares showing offensives. Apart from that there are some global political maps and economic maps of the major powers. The beginning of the book has a pretty thorough timeline for each continent and the end of the book has a detailed glossary of people and other topics which I didn't read through.

Overall, if you can find a cheap copy it might be worth getting but it is not worth seeking out and there are probably newer WWII atlases which might be better.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference, use it a lot while researching or reading WWII related material.