Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, Volume 20An unbiased account of the most devastating war known to mankind ... contains the original text previously published in the United Kingdom plus background articles by a group of distinguished historians ... enlivened with color photographs recently uncovered. |
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14th Army 6th Guards Tank advance aggressive air forces aircraft airfield Allied Ameri American Area Army armed armoured assault attack August August 15 battle Britain British Burma campaign captured casualties Ch'ang-ch'un China command crimes criminals defeat defence divi East Eastern Front Emperor enemy fighting Freiwilligen fuel German Guards Tank Army guns Heydrich Himmler Hiroshima Hitler Imperial Indian Division infantry divs invasion Irrawaddy IV Corps Japan Japanese July kamikaze Kangaw Kwantung Army Kyūshū Labour land laws leaders Leibstandarte Lieutenant-General MacArthur Manchuria Marine Mechanised Corps Meiktila ment miles military million Minister mixed brigades Myebon Nagasaki naval Navy Nazi Nuremberg occupied officers Okinawa Operation Olympic organised Panzer Panzergrenadier peace Port Potsdam Ramree Rangoon recruiting Regiment Reich Russian S.S. troops sions Soviet Union strength surrender Tank Brigade tion Tokyo Totenkopf Transbaikal Front trial Tribunal Truman Tsitsihar U.S. XI Corps units volunteers Waffen Waffen-S.S. war crimes XV Corps