Chronology of World War II 1939-1945

Sinossi:
The most destructive clash between nations that the world has ever known, examined day by day, on all fronts, since 1st September, 1939, to the disarmament of the last Japanese units on October 1945.
A meticulous work of research, reconstruction and cross-checks. The turning points, military and political, economic, industrial, technological and psychological, updated to the latest available state-of-the-art of historical research.
Statistical and industrial data never before condensed in such a comprehensive synthesis.
An index of names of rare completeness and detail.
An unprecedented work between the chronology and the encyclopedic dictionary.

Reviews:
"It is indeed impressive"
- David Glantz (author of 'When Titans Clashed', 'Balkan Storm', and more)
"Your two chronologies sound like Herculean labors and extremely useful to students and scholars"
- Thomas Powers (Pulitzer Prize, author of "Heisenberg's War", "The Man Who Kept The Secrets" and more)
"Even a brief skim reveals how much work went into it... It's also a very fine-looking book."
- Brian R. Sullivan (Yale University, U.S. Naval War College; INSS; author of "Il Duce's Other Woman", "My Fault", and more)
"It is invaluable. The book also (mainly) gives a terrific view of how many events were taking place simultaneously all over the world."
- Michael H. Holzman (author: "Kim and Jim: Philby and Angleton", "James Jesus Angleton", and "Guy Burgess")
"A true encyclopedia!"
- Prof. Franco Amatori (Professor of Economic History, Università Bocconi, Milan)
"I can hardly wait to look into it."
- Laszlo Borhi (Chair Professor, Hungarian Studies; Peter A. Kadas Chair, Indiana University, Bloomington)
"I'll try to lay my hands on a copy as soon as possible."
- Hakan Gustavsson (renowned aviation researcher and writer on the air war of WW2)
"it is difficultto find gathered together, in the various works relevant to this conflict, a mass of data of such magnitude and interest." " broad and mostly detailed volume."
- Cdr. Erminio Bagnasco (Editor, prominent naval historian, author of 'Submarines of World War Two', 'Italian Battleships of WWII', 'The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships')

About the Author:
Alessandro Giorgi is an Italian military historian and author. His focus is on World War 2, Vietnam, Intelligence, Cold War clandestine operations, and Italian military operations after WW2.
He is the author of "Chronology of World War II 1939-1945" (English edition of "Cronaca della Seconda Guerra Mondiale 1939-1945", published by Editoriale Lupo, Vicchio, Florence), and "Cronaca della Guerra del Vietnam 1961-1975", published by Luca Poggiali, Florence.
He is also the author of numerous articles and has held master classes and seminars at the King's College (War Studies Department) in London, at the Temple University (CENFAD) in Philadelphia, at the Dublin City University, at the Università Cattolica in Milan, at the Università di Torino, and at the Italian Army Application School.
Alessandro Giorgi is a member of SISM (Società Italiana di Storia Militare, Italian Society for Military History).

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