World War II in color: from the Eastern Front to the Pacific--the War in 300 color photographs

World War II was both a global struggle for supremacy between military powers and a clash of ideologies that instilled an unprecedented popular sense of urgency in the men and women who fought on both sides. Matched with state of the art weaponry, such idealism gave rise to epic campaigns of mechani...

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Main Authors: McNeely, Gina (Author), Guttman, Jon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] Metro Books 2010
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Summary:World War II was both a global struggle for supremacy between military powers and a clash of ideologies that instilled an unprecedented popular sense of urgency in the men and women who fought on both sides. Matched with state of the art weaponry, such idealism gave rise to epic campaigns of mechanized movement, horrific slaughter on the battlefield, and mass-murder on an industrial scale. Innumerable photos survive--but only a small fraction of these in color. World War II in Color features 300 remarkable, full-color photos to provide a truly unique visual testimony of those tumultuous war years. World War II in Color brings to the fore the photographers who advanced the art, including the official Nazi cameraman Hugo Jaeger and American photographic mastermind Edward Steichen. It includes vivid images of service personnel on campaign and active support on the home front, providing a comprehensive visual survey of the period and contains no fewer than 300 archival photographs presented in full color, many of them never seen in print before. --publisher
Physical Description:160 p. chiefly col. ill., col. maps 28 cm