The descent into hell -- Blitzkrieg -- England alone -- Aresenal of democracy -- Japan strikes -- War at sea -- The desert war -- The war in the Soviet Union -- The politics of world war -- The secret war -- Counterattack in the Pacific -- Italy -- Over there -- The air war -- The home fronts -- The holocaust and other atrocities -- Assault on fortress Europe -- Closing in on Japan -- Smashing the third reich -- The end of the rising sun -- The legacy