- Summary
- "A different way to understand the magnitude of World War II." Countless books exist about the Second World War and in those can be found all of the statistics to be had: numbers killed, bombs dropped, battles won and lost, ad infinitum. But to see these numbers as infographics gives the reader a fresh perspective on the war. "World War II in Numbers" uses color graphics and succinct text to tell the key stories of the battles that engulfed the globe and affected virtually everyone alive during the 1940s. To see the war set out in numbers tells the story with a new certainty: how the Polish Home Army carried out more than 700,000 acts of sabotage, the large number of Japanese lost in the Pacific War, how Allied tanks stood up to the armor-piercing power of the Panzerfaust, the damage the Kamikaze inflicted on Allied ships during the Okinawa Campaign, the number of unexploded bombs reported on the island of Malta, that in 1944 alone 914,637 tons of bombs were dropped on German cities, by how much the Allied forces outnumbered the Germans in Normandy, how the ten costliest land battles in WWII compare with those of WWI.
- Variant Title
- World War 2 in numbers
World War Two in numbers
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Doyle, Peter, 1960- author.
- Published
- Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books Ltd., 2013
©2013
- Contents
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Preparation For War. Populations and Powers
Military Strengths of the Allies
Military Strengths of the Axis
Fleets of Major World Powers
Soviet Forces in Europe
Japan and the Second Sino-Japanese War
Building the US Army
Lend-Lease
Munitions Production of the Main Powers
Operation Bolero
Waffen SS: Foreign Volunteers and Conscripts
Land Campaigns. The Invasion of Poland
The Battle of France
Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo
The Battle of Crete
The Conquest of Malaya
Operation Barborossa
Hitler's Allies on the Eastern Front
Tank Strengths: Western Desert
The Second Battle of El Alamein
Stalingrad: The Doomed 6th Army
The Invasion of Italy
Monte Cassino: Polish War Crosses
The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel
The Raid on Dieppe
Normandy: Balance of Forces
D-Day: Casualties and Strong Points
The Polish Home Army
Operation Market Garden
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Kohima
Island-Hopping in the Pacific
Top Ten Costliest Battles in the Two World Wars
Weapons and Innovations. Aircraft in the Battle of Britain
Allied and Axis Rifles
Hitler's Battleships
Panzers
Artillery
Special Operations Executive
Hobart's Funnies
Panzerfaust
Anti-tank Guns
The V-1 Flying Bomb
Carrier Fighter Aircraft in the Pacific War
Allied Landing Craft
German Operational Jet Aircraft
Kamikaze
"Fat Man" and "Little Boy": Atomic Bombs
In the Air. The Battle of Britain
The Blitz
The Doolittle Raid
The Bombing of Malta
The Bombing of Germany
US Bombing of Japanese Mainland
Top Five Air Aces in the Two World Wars
At Sea. Mers-el-Kebir
The Battle of Taranto
Pearl Harbor
The Battle of the Atlantic
Convoy PQ17: Losses
Submarine Losses
The Battle of Midway
Hunting the Bismarck
Costs. Prisoners of War
Battle Wounds and Sickness
: Casualties
The Volkssturm
The Polish Ghettos
The Holocaust.
- Notes
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Author from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preparation For War. Populations and Powers -- Military Strengths of the Allies -- Military Strengths of the Axis -- Fleets of Major World Powers -- Soviet Forces in Europe -- Japan and the Second Sino-Japanese War -- Building the US Army -- Lend-Lease -- Munitions Production of the Main Powers -- Operation Bolero -- Waffen SS: Foreign Volunteers and Conscripts -- Land Campaigns. The Invasion of Poland -- The Battle of France -- Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo -- The Battle of Crete -- The Conquest of Malaya -- Operation Barborossa -- Hitler's Allies on the Eastern Front -- Tank Strengths: Western Desert -- The Second Battle of El Alamein -- Stalingrad: The Doomed 6th Army -- The Invasion of Italy -- Monte Cassino: Polish War Crosses -- The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel -- The Raid on Dieppe -- Normandy: Balance of Forces -- D-Day: Casualties and Strong Points -- The Polish Home Army -- Operation Market Garden -- The Battle of the Bulge -- The Battle of Kohima -- Island-Hopping in the Pacific -- Top Ten Costliest Battles in the Two World Wars -- Weapons and Innovations. Aircraft in the Battle of Britain -- Allied and Axis Rifles -- Hitler's Battleships -- Panzers -- Artillery -- Special Operations Executive -- Hobart's Funnies -- Panzerfaust -- Anti-tank Guns -- The V-1 Flying Bomb -- Carrier Fighter Aircraft in the Pacific War -- Allied Landing Craft -- German Operational Jet Aircraft -- Kamikaze -- "Fat Man" and "Little Boy": Atomic Bombs -- In the Air. The Battle of Britain -- The Blitz -- The Doolittle Raid -- The Bombing of Malta -- The Bombing of Germany -- US Bombing of Japanese Mainland -- Top Five Air Aces in the Two World Wars -- At Sea. Mers-el-Kebir -- The Battle of Taranto -- Pearl Harbor -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- Convoy PQ17: Losses -- Submarine Losses -- The Battle of Midway -- Hunting the Bismarck -- Costs. Prisoners of War -- Battle Wounds and Sickness -- : Casualties -- The Volkssturm -- The Polish Ghettos -- The Holocaust.
