ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|27 pages

From the Outbreak of the War to the Fall of France

(September 1939–July 1940)

chapter 2|23 pages

The Battle of Britain and the Balkan Campaign

(July 1940–June 1941)

chapter 3|28 pages

The Attack on the Soviet Union

(June 1941–December 1941)

chapter 4|28 pages

The War in the Mediterranean

(March 1941–May 1943)

chapter 5|22 pages

The War at Sea and in the Air

chapter 6|25 pages

The War in Asia

(September 1931–July 1944)

chapter 7|18 pages

The United States and the War

chapter 8|24 pages

Europe under the Nazis

chapter 9|21 pages

Two Countries at War: Britain and Germany

chapter 10|22 pages

From Moscow to Kursk

(January 1942–August 1943)

chapter 11|20 pages

Italy and the Balkans

(July 1943–October 1944)

chapter 12|22 pages

The Soviet Advance

(August 1943–April 1945)

chapter 13|25 pages

From Normandy to The Elbe

(June 1944–May 1945)

chapter 14|20 pages

The End of the War in Asia

(October 1944–September 1945)

chapter 15|8 pages

Conclusion