The Second World War [antikvár]

i/ti- The Second World War. from 1939^5. was the biggest and deadliest conflict in history. Many countries tooii part and fighting took place all around the world. More than 55 million people were l(illed, most of them civilians. Unlike previous ware, wtiicti were mainly fouglit between armies on battlefields, tiie Second World War was a "people's war". Civilians were at tile centre of the action, as cities were devastated by aerial bombing. Workers on the "home front", making armaments and growing food, were as important to victory in the war as soldiers. lijWIng In the winter snow agnlnstlhe Smiels, IN EVERY CLIMATE The war was fought on land, at sea, in the air and in every possible climate and landscape. Soldiers battled in the steamy jungles of South East Asia and in the winter snow of Russia. Great tank armies rolled through the North African desert. Across the wide Pacific Ocean, there were sea battles between the biggest naval forces in history. Beneath the Atlantic, German submarines, called U-boats, tiunted convoys of merchant ships. Sea battles were even fouglit in the Arctic, in winter, when the sun does not rise above the horizon. t <