THE WORLD ALMANAC OF WORLD WAR II: THE COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTARY OF WORLD WAR II. FIRST REVISED EDITION. by Young, Peter, Brigadier, edited by - 1987

London: Bison, 1987. 514 pp, 8 5/8" H. B&w photographs, drawings, tables, colour section with photographs and maps. "The most comprehensive single-volume reference work on the Second World War ever published. The main body of the text is the day-to-day chronology of political and diplomatic events and developments in all the major land, sea and air campaigns, which traces events from 1919 through the whole of the war and the immediate postwar period. The second section covers the weapons used in World War II. There are Land, Sea and Air sections in which technical descriptions of the key equipment of each of the major combatants are given and their performances in action described and compared. The final section gives brief biographies of the important personalities of the war - military and political leaders, diplomats and journalists, spies and air aces." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear, moderate edge wrinkling - mainly on rear panel, three edge tears - one with old tape and two arcivally taped, large corner creases on the front flap.. Not Signed. First Revised Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good.