The Greatest Battles of World War II: A World at War:World War II Battles that Shaped the Course of History (World War II: A Comprehensive History)

Bought this for my hubby for Christmas and he loves it

Shepperd provides an analysis in brief fashion of this terrible war. The reader gives the reader a glimpse into these awful events.

This is very simple look at world war 2 with not much of a deep drive. It’s a short book that covers the war in Europe. It’s decent introduction into learning about world war 2.

Printing is fine and size too good size and very interesting reading

The book follows the timeline of WW2 in a very condensed style. Probably the fact that I have done rather a lot of reading on this subject makes this offering seem rather cursory, and at times not particularly accurate. Again to shorten such a huge subject to this length is necesarily going to involve some serious compromises. Perhaps the book will be useful to someone who has no background understanding of the subject, and hence it may whet their appetite for more in-depth coverage. I remember as a young scientist reading that some concepts in physics simply couldn't be simplified beyone a certain point. This book tries to simply beyong that level. Of course my alternative is not very attractive: books such as Churchills 6 volume history of the war, Tol's Pacific War triology, Shirer's Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich, or Glantz's Stalingrad series among many others. It's all right to read but perhaps only if you promise yourself to read the big stuff eventually so that you actually delve meaningfully into a very complex and terrible subject.

The book was well written and easy to follow. A super book for teens and young adults who want a quick summary of key WWII battles. One major mistake, however, at the very end (p. 156) you incorrectly identify the Americans raising the flag on Iwo Jima as "soldiers;" they most certainly were not! They were Marines. Semper Fi.

In chronological order, the most important battles are listed in sections. Brief details are provided for each one, but it does not take away from one’s ability to understand what occurred in each war. It would have been nice to have a map of the battlegrounds in Europe for reference, but that can be found just by looking online.

This is an awesome book. Very well written with some facts I didn't know and I've read over 60 WW2 books. Only minor gripe is I wish it was two to three times longer. A must have for anyone interested in WW2.