World War II

World War II remains the largest and most violent conflict in human history. Detailed and authoritative text accompanies rare, compelling photographs and archival images to tell the story of the war. Including the origins and early days of the war to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the war in the Pacific and Atlantic to the Allied invasion of Europe, history is brought to life through eyewitness and firsthand accounts from people who fought, endured, and survived the war years. Also featured are volumes on the Home Front for civilians on both sides of the conflict and the still unfathomable tragedy of the Holocaust and life under Nazi occupation. This sweeping, wide-angled, all-encompassing view of life during wartime for soldiers, sailors, prisoners of war, civilians, and military and political leaders, is an invaluable archive of the most momentous, defining, and transformative years in modern history.