1. The German invasion of Poland, September 1939
2. Poland defeated, October 1939
3. Finland defiant, November 1939
4. The Scandinavian cockpit, winter 1939–1940
5. The German attack in the West, May 1940
7. The battle for France, June 1940
8. France’s agony, Britain’s resolve, June–July 1940
9. The battle for Britain, August–September 1940
10. ‘The war is won!’ (Hitler), October 1940
11. The ‘new order of tyranny’ (Roosevelt), winter 1940–1941
12. The widening war, January–March 1941
13. The German conquest of Yugoslavia and Greece, April 1941
14. The fall of Crete; war in Africa, April–May 1941
15. The German invasion of Russia, June 1941
16. Terror in the East, July–August 1941
17. Towards Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, September 1941
18. Russia at bay, September–October 1941
19. ‘Deciding the fate of Europe’ (Hitler), November 1941
20. The limits of German conquest, December 1941
21. Japan strikes, December 1941
22. ‘We are no longer alone’ (Churchill), New Year 1942
23. Global war, February–April 1942
24. The spread of resistance and terror, summer 1942
26. Guadalcanal, Dieppe, El Alamein, August–September 1942
27. Stalingrad and ‘Torch’, September–October 1942
28. The turn of the tide for the Allies, winter 1942
29. Casablanca: blueprint for victory, January 1943
30. The German armies in danger, February 1943
31. ‘Drive the enemy into the sea’ (Montgomery), spring 1943
32. ‘The first crack in the Axis’ (Roosevelt), summer 1943
33. Germany and Japan in retreat, autumn 1943
34. ‘Bleeding to death in the East’ (Goebbels), winter 1943
35. Anzio, Cassino, Kwajalein, January–February 1944
36. Bombing, deportation, and mass murder, February–March 1944
37. Resistance, sabotage and deception, spring 1944
39. Germany encircled, July 1944
40. The battles for Poland and France, summer 1944
41. The bitter-sweet path of liberation, autumn 1944
42. Into Germany; towards the Philippines, September 1944
43. Fighting for every mile, October–November 1944
44. Flying bombs, suicide pilots, death marches, January 1945
45. Berlin, Manila, Dresden, Tokyo, February–March 1945
46. The Axis in disarray; the Allies in conflict, March–April 1945
47. The deaths of Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler, April 1945
48. The end of the war in Europe, May 1945
49. Germany in defeat, Japan unbowed, May–July 1945
50. Alamogordo, Potsdam, Hiroshima, July–August 1945
51. The defeat of Japan, August 1945
52. Retribution and Remembrance, 1945–1952