World War II day by day

"The Pacific follows the war against Japan from the raid on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. It shows how Japan made remarkable initial gains in Asia and the Pacific, and how the United States and its allies plotted a thrust across the vast Pacific Ocean, based on aircraft carriers, air power, and amphibious landings on scattered islands. Eventually, the campaign brought Allied bombers within striking distance of Japan itself"--Back cover.

Explores how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany and how their expansionist policies in eastern Europe led inexorably to conflict with major European powers. Follows the fortunes of the German military machine as its initial successes were first halted and then reversed on both the Western and Eastern fronts, until the Reich lay in ruins.

Explains in simple terms why the war started and describes how events unfolded, while pictures show what it was like to be there.

Details the accounts of the planning and execution of history's greatest amphibious invasion. Also explains in simple terms why the war started and how it was fought.