World War II

E-book published in 2012 by Encyclopædia Britannica,
Inc., in association with Arcturus Publishing Limited,
26/27 Bickels Yard, 151-153 Bermondsey Street,
London SE1 3HA. Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica,
and the Thistle logo are registered trademarks of
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

This edition first published by Arcturus Publishing
Distributed by Black Rabbit Books
P.O. Box 3263
Mankato
Minnesota MN 56002

The right of John Townsend to be identified
as the author of this work has been asserted
by him in accordance with the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Series concept: Alex Woolf
Editors: Karen Taschek and Alex Woolf
Designer: Tall Tree
Picture researcher: Alex Woolf

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Townsend, John, 1955-
World War II / John Townsend.
p. cm. – (Secret history)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-61535-608-9 (e-book)

1. World War, 1939-1945-Juvenile literature. I. Title.
II. Title: World War Two. III. Title: World War 2.

D743.7.T69 2011

940.54-dc22

2010012017

SL000975US Supplier 03 Date 0510

Pictures credits:

Corbis: cover top left (Melbourne Brindle/Swim Ink 2, LLC), cover right (Bettmann), 9 top and bottom (Bettmann), 10 (Bettmann), 11 (Bettmann), 18 (Bettmann), 19 (Bettmann), 20 (Bettmann), 22 (Bettmann), 23 (Bettmann), 26 (Sion Touhig/Sygma), 27 (Bettmann), 29 (Bettmann), 30 (EPA), 31 (Hulton-Deutsch Collection), 34 (Swim Ink 2, LLC), 37 (Bettmann), 38 (Hulton-Deutsch Collection), 39 (Bettmann), 41 (Wolfgang Kaehler).

Getty Images: 6 (Heinrich Hoffmann/Time & Life Pictures), 7 (Lawrence Thornton/Hulton Archive), 12 (Keystone/Hulton Archive), 13 (Keystone/Hulton Archive), 14 (Keystone/Hulton Archive), 15 (Keystone/Hulton Archive), 16 (Central Press/Hulton Archive), 17 (Keystone/Hulton Archive), 21 (Fox Photos/Hulton Archive), 28 (MPI/Hulton Archive), 32 (Keystone/Hulton Archive), 35 (Kurt Hutton/Picture Post), 36 (Galerie Bilderwelt/Hulton Archive), 42 (William Vandivert/Time & Life Pictures), 43 (Bentley Archive/Popperfoto).

NHPA: 25 (Donald Mammoser).

Rex Features: 33 (Action Press), 40 (Everett Collection).

Shutterstock: spy camera cover (alphacell), 24 (Sebastian Knight).

Cover illustrations: top left: US poster from 1942; bottom left: World War II–era spy camera; right: Serbian spy Dusko Popov (1912–1981), who worked for MI5 in World War II.

Spread heading illustrations are all from Shutterstock: 6: World War II American M24 tank (Len Green); 8, 12: World War II–era spy camera (alphacell); 10, 18, 26, 28, 34: headphones (Dmitry Naumov); 14: World War II German MP-40 submachine gun (Olemac); 16, 38: barbed wire (Nikita Rogul); 20, 22, 24: bomb (fckncg); 30, 42: World War II pistol (Wyatt Rivard); 32, 40: shovel (mmaxer); 36: megaphone (MilousSK).

Every attempt has been made to clear copyright. Should there be any inadvertent omission, please apply to the copyright holder for rectification.