Description
Follows the events leading up to the war, major campaigns by Allied and Axis powers, atrocities committed against civilians, and consequences.
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Beginning in 1939 as a German and Anglo-French conflict and widening to include most of the world, World War II was the most devastating war in history-and changed the world forever. This new edition features: ? Updated and expanded coverage of the fateful D-Day invasion ? A timeline of WWII events and major land, sea, and air battles ? The entire war from Hitler's rise to power and conquest of Europe, to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the decisive battles of Midway and D Day that turned the tide of the war, and the dropping of the atomic bombs
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