Title: The complete idiot's guide to World War II
First published: 2004
Description: 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
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945
LC classification: D743 .B345 2004