Forward by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger

The West Point History of World War II, Volume 2 is the latest installment in the West Point History of Warfare series. Produced by Rowan Technology in collaboration with the U.S. Military Academy, these new chapters provide readers a World War II experience like never before—with animated maps, interactive timelines, and other custom-built digital tools that chronicles the period from mid-1942 through the end of the war.

The West Point History of World War II, Volume 2 is accessible across all platforms on Windows, Apple, and Android devices.

Major features include:

• Custom-built animated maps for the Pacific Theater: Battle of Guadacanal, the Battle of Tarawa, Operation Cartwheel, the Battle of Siapan, Advance to the Philippines, and the Battle of Okinawa
  
• Custom-built animated maps for the European Theater: Case Blue, Battle of Kharkov, Sicily invasion, Anzio invasion, D-Day invasion, and the Battle of the Bulge
  
• 360-degree 3D models of military vehicles and weapons
  
• Archival footage of World War II including D-Day
  
• Interactive data visualizations of national strengths and resources, manufacturing and production, and military schematics
  
• Translations of propaganda material from Allied and Axis nations

Chapter List:

1. The Allies Turn the Tide
2. Strategic Seapower and Airpower
3. Waging Global War
4. Victory in Europe
5. Defeat of Japan
6. Occupation, Demobilization, and Assessing Victory