World War II, which spanned the years of 1939 to 1945, was the bloodiest conflict in human history.  Countless millions of civilians died in addition to the casualities suffered by the worlds armed forces.  In any retrospective review it is the main clash of arms, rather than the everyday sacrifices of the masses that seizes the imagination.  Now, more than 50 years after the hostilities came to an end, the most crucial battles of World War II can still be visualized, having been frozen in time by the lens of the camera.  Whether on land, sea or in the air, the book, Chronicles Of World War II, provides a clear account of some of the main engagements of World War II.  This book includes an ample supply of period black and white photogrpahs supplemented by relevant maps to capture al the action and pity of a total war.  In World War II, huge armies contend across burning sands, Artic wastes and tropical jungles while sailors fight against rough seas as well as an elusive and dangerous enemy and airmen risk sudden and violent death in the skies over the various battlefileds and theaters where this war was fought.  THis book is 320 pages and is in like new condition.  The authors are David G. Chandler, Colin Mcintyre and Michael C. Tagg.  Edition published in 1997.