Originally published by Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins
Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and index
1918-1939: the Treaty of Versailles to the Invasion of Poland -- 1940: the German Invasion of Norway, the Low Countries and France -- 1940: the Battle of Britain and the German Invasion threat (Operation Sealion) -- The Balkans and North Africa, 1940-3 -- Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Russia, 1941 -- The War in Asia and the Pacific, 1941-2: Pearl Harbor to Midway -- Russia and the Eastern Front 1942-4: Stalingrad, Kursk and the relief of Leningrad -- The War at Sea -- The War in the Air: strategic bombing -- Sicily and Italy -- Planning for the Normandy Landings: Neptune and Overlord -- D-Day to VE-Day -- The Eastern Front and the Defeat of Germany 1944-5 -- Burma and the Pacific after Midway: 1942-5 -- Afterword -- German military terms -- Glossary: list of abbreviations