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