Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included.
Step into the heart of the deadliest conflict in human history — Images of War: The Real Story of World War II is a landmark part-work magazine series that presents the Second World War through an extraordinary combination of rare photography, firsthand eyewitness accounts, original newspaper facsimiles, and detailed campaign maps. Issue 3 focuses on the terrifying ordeal of the Home Front, chronicling 76 nights of relentless terror bombing, the harrowing reality of the Blitz from 7 September 1940 to 10 May 1941, the enforced blackout across Britain's cities, and the courageous defiance of survivors and night raiders alike. Each issue arrives as a complete package — magazine, period newspaper, and campaign map — creating an immersive archive that brings the war's most pivotal moments to vivid, unflinching life. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum and produced by the renowned Marshall Cavendish Collection, Images of War stands as one of the most authoritative and visually compelling documentary records of the conflict ever assembled for a general audience. The series masterfully balances rigorous historical scholarship with accessible, gripping narrative, ensuring that the courage, suffering, and resilience of those who lived through the war are never reduced to mere statistics. Whether you are a seasoned military historian or a curious newcomer to the period, this series poses a question that lingers long after the final page is turned: how did ordinary people endure the extraordinary?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included.
Step into the heart of the deadliest conflict in human history — Images of War: The Real Story of World War II is a landmark part-work magazine series that presents the Second World War through an extraordinary combination of rare photography, firsthand eyewitness accounts, original newspaper facsimiles, and detailed campaign maps. Issue 3 focuses on the terrifying ordeal of the Home Front, chronicling 76 nights of relentless terror bombing, the harrowing reality of the Blitz from 7 September 1940 to 10 May 1941, the enforced blackout across Britain's cities, and the courageous defiance of survivors and night raiders alike. Each issue arrives as a complete package — magazine, period newspaper, and campaign map — creating an immersive archive that brings the war's most pivotal moments to vivid, unflinching life. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum and produced by the renowned Marshall Cavendish Collection, Images of War stands as one of the most authoritative and visually compelling documentary records of the conflict ever assembled for a general audience. The series masterfully balances rigorous historical scholarship with accessible, gripping narrative, ensuring that the courage, suffering, and resilience of those who lived through the war are never reduced to mere statistics. Whether you are a seasoned military historian or a curious newcomer to the period, this series poses a question that lingers long after the final page is turned: how did ordinary people endure the extraordinary?