The complete idiot's guide to World War II

Beginning in 1939 as a German and Anglo-French conflict and widening to include most of the world, World War II was the most devastating war in history-and changed the world forever. This new edition features: € Updated and expanded coverage of the fateful D-Day invasion € A timeline of WWII events and major land, sea, and air battles € The entire war from Hitler's rise to power and conquest of Europe, to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the decisive battles of Midway and D Day that turned the tide of the war, and the dropping of the atomic bombs