Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
4. MAPS x
5. INTRODUCTION xi
6. 1. Hitler’s Triumph: The Collapse of France,May–June 1940 1
7. 2. ‘Finest Hour’: The Battle of Britain, July–September 1940 21
8. 3. Operation Barbarossa: The German Attack on the Soviet Union, 1941 41
9. 4. Pearl Harbor, December 1941: The War Becomes a World War 59
10. 5. The Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942 81
11. 6. The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942–February 1943 95
12. 7. Convoys and Wolf Packs: Decision in the Atlantic, March–May 1943 109
13. 8. ‘The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force’: The Battle of the Factories 130
14. 9. The Teheran Conference, 28 November–1 December 1943: Turning Point for The Grand Alliance 147
15. 10. D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, June–July 1944 166
16. 11. ‘A Fateful Conference’: Yalta, 4–11 February 1945 188
17. 12. The Defeat of Japan and the Atomic Bombs, 1945 210
18. CONCLUSION 231
19. NOTES 236
20. FURTHER READING 247
21. INDEX 252
22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 265