A concise account of the war - including the war in Asia and the Pacific as well as the European arena. Covers the formation of the victorious Grand Alliance and to the problems that beset it, and to Nazi Germany's relations with its allies.
Introduction; 1: From the Outbreak of the War to the Fall of France; 2: The Battle of Britain and the Balkan Campaign; 3: The Attack on the Soviet Union; 4: The War in the Mediterranean; 5: The War at Sea and in the Air; 6: The War in Asia; 7: The United States and the War; 8: Europe under the Nazis; 9: Two Countries at War: Britain and Germany; 10: From Moscow to Kursk; 11: Italy and the Balkans; 12: The Soviet Advance; 13: From Normandy to The Elbe; 14: The End of the War in Asia; 15: Conclusion
