World War II : the unseen visual history : the Caen memorial / translated from the French by Christopher Caines.

Originally published as : Guerre mondiale-Guerre totale. Paris : Gallimard ; Caen : Mémorial de Caen, c2010.

"The original French edition of this book was published to commemorate the inauguration of new exhibition spaces at the Mémorial de Caen, including the galleries entitled Guerre mondiale-Guerre totale (World War-Total War), on May 12, 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: the twentieth century was ten years old / by Philippe Duron, Stéphane Grimaldi, and Isabelle Bournier -- Foreword: memory as the object of history / by Denis Peschanski -- The failure of peace -- The dark years: France under Nazi occupation -- World war-total war / by Pierre Laborie -- From European war to world war -- Genocide and mass violence -- Total war -- Life in wartime -- Reconquest and liberation -- Costs and consequences: emerging from wartime -- Memory and history -- D-Day and the Battle of Normandy / by Jean Quellien.