This volume continues to use the approach of previous "Chronicles" and details the events of the war from September 1939 to August 1945, week by week and even hour by your for certain key events such as the D-Day landing.

A chronological record of the war on the fronts, the post war period, the technology, the fate of the surviving leaders and the heroes and heroines of the war. Includes separate map and order of battle for the liberation of France.

The content has been checked by senior British military chiefs. Illustrated throughout with with monochrome and colour images and diagrams. Illustrated end papers.