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WORLD WAR II

A Student Encyclopedia

WORLD WAR II

A Student Encyclopedia

VOLUME I: A–C

Dr. Spencer C. Tucker

Editor

Dr. Priscilla Mary Roberts

Editor, Documents Volume

Mr. Jack Greene

Col. Cole C. Kingseed, USA Ret., Ph.D.

Dr. Malcolm Muir Jr.

Dr. Priscilla Mary Roberts

Maj. Gen. David T. Zabecki, USAR, Ph.D.

Assistant Editors

FOREWORD BY

Dr. Allan R. Millett

Santa Barbara, California

Denver, Colorado

Oxford, England

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

World War II : a student encyclopedia / Spencer C. Tucker, editor;

Priscilla Mary Roberts, editor, Documents volume.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-85109-857-7 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-85109-858-5 (e-book)

1. World War, 1939–1945—Encyclopedias. I. Title: World War Two. II. Title: World War 2.

III. Tucker, Spencer, 1937– IV. Roberts, Priscilla Mary.

D740.W64 2005

940.53'03—dc22

2004029951

0 9 8 7 6 5 0987654321

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