Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, this is an outstanding illustrated history of the Second World War written by one of Britain's foremost historians and expert on the Second World War. From the very start of the war when the Axis powers reigned supreme, conquering Europe and moving East, through to the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the eventual end of the six long years of war. Recall first hand the extraordinary dramas of the Battle of the Bulge, D-Day and the brutal race to Berlin that finally extinguished the Third Reich. With dozens of specially commissioned maps and specially photographed memorabilia and expert text, this is your ultimate guide to the Second World War.