Publisher's Synopsis
This moving book explores the underlying causes of the Second World War, its biggest battles and decisive campaigns. From the evacuation at Dunkirk, the Blitz and the Battle of Britain to the failure of Operation Barbarossa and the D-Day landings in Europe, as well as the war in North Africa and the Pacific, this concise history of the conflict also examines the final solution and the ethics surrounding the dropping of teo atom bombs on Japan.
