This book examines how the Second World War began and chronicles the major campaigns of the first four years.
General Note
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
Content Note
Background to war : the gathering storm - Warring sides : the road to war - Outbreak : "I have determined on a solution by force" - The fighting : Hitler strikes - Portrait of a soldier : Donald Edgar - The world around war : the home front - Portrait of a civilian : Colin Perry - How the period ended : the end of the beginning - Conclusions and consequences : the world at war.