An updated edition of the classic survey of World War II's military history

List of IllustrationsList of MapsPreface and Acknowledgments1: A New World and a New WarVersailles SettlementLocarnoJapanese ImperialismCivil war in ChinaManchurian CampaignRise of HitlerAbyssinian CrisisOccupation of the RhinelandSpanish Civil WarCampaign in ChinaAnschlussMunich CrisisBritish guarantee to PolandNazi-Soviet PactAnglo-Polish AllianceOutbreak of War2: Conquest by InstallmentsHitler's leadershipPolish campaignWar at seaScandinaviaThe Winter WarNorwegian campaignCampaign in Western EuropeFall of FranceBalkans diplomacyEast AfricaBattle of BritainItaly and the invasion of GreeceNorth AfricaCampaigns in Yugoslavia and GreeceBattle for CreteBattle of the AtlanticOperation BarbarossaSoviet moves and counter-attacksStart of the Pacific War3: Global ConflictAspects of the Pacific WarPearl HarborSiam and MalayaInvasion of the PhilippinesHong Kong, Borneo, campaign in the IndiesFall of SingaporeBurmaCoral SeaMidwayGermany declares war on the United StatesBattle of the AtlanticNorth Africa and El AlameinNew GuineaGuadalcanalGerman position, mid-1942Defeats in the Crimea, KharkovAdvances towards Stalingrad and the CaucasusSoviet counter-attackTorch landingsAxis retreat from Egypt and LibyaOperations: Uranus, Little Saturn, Gallop, StarKharkov4: 1943 and the Eleventh Principle of WarReview of 1943Casablanca conferenceAllied conferencesU.S. policy in the Pacific, China, BurmaBattle of the AtlanticConvoy lossesImpact of Allied sea powerStrategic air offensiveArea bombing policyPointblank directiveWar economiesEastern FrontKurskWavering of Germany's allies5: Time, Space and DoctrineProblems of Germany and Japan comparedThe Pacific, 1943Campaigns in the Solomons, eastern New Guinea, the GilbertsBurma: Arakan and Chindit operationsChinaTrukClearing of the MarshallsHollandia operationU.S. landings in western New GuineaSaipanBattle of the Philippine SeaMediterranean policyLandings in SicilyItalian campaignOperation OverlordOperation Market GardenEastern FrontSoviet 1944 operationsDefection of Germany's alliesRetreat from Greece and southern YugoslaviaDefense of Hungary6: Kalo'smiSituation in ChinaIchi-Go offensiveImphal and KohimaJapanese defeats in the PacificBattle of Leyte GulfCampaign on LuzonStrategic bombing campaigns against Germany and JapanGerman recovery, late 1944Allied operations in France and the Low CountriesArdennes campaignEastern FrontVistula-Oder offensiveLiberation of the death campsClearing the west bank of the RhineYalta conferenceSoviet drive on BerlinSuicide of HitlerGerman surrenderLiberation of PragueLast months of Japanese warManhattan projectPotsdam declarationIwo JimaOkinawa campaignHiroshima and NagasakiManchurian campaignJapanese surrender7: The AccountingAppendixes and PostscriptBibliographyCampaign indexGeneral index