Second World War (6)

Dr Russell A. Hart gained his PhD in 1997 from Ohio State University. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu and was formerly Senior Lecturer at Ohio State University. He is the co-author of 'German Tanks of WWII; Weapons and Tactics of the Waffen-SS'; 'Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII' and 'The German Soldier in WWII'. He is the author of the forthcoming 'Clash of Arms: How the Allies Won in Normandy' (Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2001). He currently lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr Stephen A. Hart is senior lecturer in the War Studies department, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Prior to this he lectured in the International Studies Department at the University of Surrey, and in the War Studies Department, King's College London. He is the author of 'Montgomery and the 'Colossal Cracks': The 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe 1944-45' (Praeger, 2000).

• Introduction and Chronology - Background to war - Warring sides - The fighting - Portrait of a soldier - The world around war - Portrait of a civilian - How the war ended - Conclusion and consequences