Picture the Past: World War II: Historical Coloring Book
Published on 30. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-0-486-85323-9 (ISBN)
Description
The greatest and most destructive war in history, World War II involved gigantic struggles not only in Europe, but in Asia, Africa, and islands of the South Pacific as well. Peter Copeland presents a graphic overview of this historic conflict in dramatic illustrations of air, land, and sea battles, and other major events - from the German invasion of Poland in 1939 to the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in August 1945. Forty-five ready-to-color exciting scenes include the Battle of Britain; Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; General Rommel's desert campaigns; sinking of the German battleship Bismark; Battle of Stalingrad; allied invasion of France; Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; fall of Berlin; dropping of atomic bomb over Hiroshima; and many more. An informative caption accompanies each powerful, meticulously rendered illustration.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 9 years
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 274 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-486-85323-9 (9780486853239)
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Person
Peter F. Copeland (1927-2007) was a renowned freelance illustrator with a considerable reputation as a historical illustrator, marine archaeologist, merchant mariner, and consultant to the Smithsonian Institution. In the 1950s, Mr. Copeland worked at the Smithsonian as chief of the illustration department for the old Museum of History and Technology exhibitions. He also worked as a writer and historical researcher on exhibitions dealing with military aviation and ballooning history. Mr. Copeland wrote magazine articles and illustrated American history coloring books for Dover and other publishers from 1974 until 2006.