TY - BOOK AU - Murray, Stuart, TI - World War II: step into action and behind enemy lines from Hitler's rise to Japan's surrender SN - 9781632204332 AV - D743.7 .M87 2015 U1 - 940.53 23 PY - 2015///. CY - New York, New York : PB - Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-69) and index; The war to end all wars -- The rise of Hitler and nazism -- Dictator domination -- The last hope for peace -- Blitzkrieg! and the phony war -- Defeat and retreat -- Bombs over Britain -- War in the Mediterranean -- Tyranny rules -- Rough seas and scorched earth -- Surprise attack! -- War in the Pacific -- The world at war -- The allies strike back -- War in the Atlantic -- The fight for Guadalcanal -- The long conflict in China -- Rescue from the battlefield -- War in the air -- Fortress Europe -- Kursk: the last eastern offensive -- Il Duce gets the boot -- Storming the beaches -- Closing in on Japan -- The irresistible Soviet war machine -- Germany's desperate counterattack -- Victory in Europe -- Imperial Japan fights on -- Victory in the Pacific -- New roles in society -- The U.N. and Cold War -- Find out more; Grade 4 to 6 N2 - Describes the events and causes that led to the second World War and important battles that occurred during the war ER -