Compact and illustrated throughout, this book explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho and Mukden.
In this volume Geoffrey Jukes explains what led to Hitler's decision to instigate the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and offers a concise account of the campaign that followed.
In this compact volume, Geoffrey Jukes describes the downfall of the Russian army, paving the way for the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917.