Battles of World War II: Osprey Publishing and RBA collection brochure (2009) – Poland 1939, France 1940, Pearl Harbor 1941, Dieppe, Roi-Namur, Operation Bagration, Berlin 1945

Battles of World War II – 'a landmark book collection chronicles the global conflict from 1939–45, battle by battle': the illustrated launch brochure for the Osprey Publishing book collection issued with RBA, published for the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. The cover montage shows wartime leaders and soldiers beneath a Soviet flag, above a burning battlefield, a Sherman tank, a diving fighter aircraft and a war cemetery. Inside, 'The story of World War II told through its greatest battles' introduces the series: from the German invasion that swept through Poland in September 1939, through the war in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, to the dawn of the nuclear age, Osprey's world-renowned military history titles retell the war's decisive battles. Sample covers show the volumes on Poland 1939, France 1940 – Blitzkrieg in the West – and Pearl Harbor 1941. Each book, the brochure explains, covers the conflict from both sides and shows how the battle fitted into the wider context of the war, through regular sections: Origins of the Battle, Chronology, Commanders, Opposing Forces, The Battle in Depth and Aftermath – illustrated with sample spreads including Operation Bagration, when the Wehrmacht was routed (22 June 1944), the 4th Marine Division's assault on Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands (1944), Operation Jubilee, the controversial assault on the fortified French port of Dieppe (August 1942), and Soviet soldiers celebrating victory in Berlin (May 1945). About 12 pages, 21 x 28 cm, full colour. A piece of publishing ephemera for collectors of Osprey military history books and Second World War partworks, and for anyone completing the Battles of World War II series. THEMES: Second World War, military history, Osprey Publishing, WW2 battles, Blitzkrieg, Pacific War, Eastern Front, Dieppe Raid, partwork collections.

Author: Osprey Publishing

Publisher: RBA/Osprey Publishing

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Used - Very Good