Combines period photographs, maps, and timelines into a narrative that offers an overview of World War II, including the causes of the conflict, the objectives of the combatants, the campaigns and battles, and the war's consequences.

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Robin Cross has written on many aspects of the war, in particular the war in the air, the home front and the role of women. His titles include Bombers, The Citadel: the Battle of Kursk, republished in 2002 in the Penguin Classic Military History series, and Unsung Heroines (with Dame Vera Lynn and Jenny de Gex). He has also written extensively on the cinema of the era.
Charles Messenger served as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment before becoming a full-time military historian and defence analyst. His many books on the war include The Second World War in the West for the Cassell History of Warfare series and works on the Commandos, Bomber Harris and General Gerd von Rundstedt. He has also written and helped direct television documentaries.
H.P. Willmott is a widely published military historian and former Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. His many books on modern naval and land warfare include the When Men Lost Faith in Reason: Reflections on War and Society in the Twentieth Century (2002) and DK's The First World War (2003).
With an introduction by Russell Weigley, the distinguished American military historian, author of The American Way of War.

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