Blood, tears and folly: an objective look at World War II

pt. 1. The Battle of the Atlantic. Britannia Rules the Waves

Days of Wine and Roses

Exchanges of Secrets

Science Goes to Sea

War on the Cathode Tube

pt. 2. Hitler Conquers Europe. Germany: Unrecognized Power

Passchendaele and After

France in the Prewar Years

An Anti-Hitler Coalition?

German Arms Outstretched

Retreat

pt. 3. The Mediterranean War. The War Moves South

A Tactician's Paradise

Double Defeat: Greece and Cyrenaica

Two Side-Shows

Quartermaster's Nightmare

pt. 4. The War in the Air. The Wars Before the War

Preparations

The Bullets Are Flying

Hours of Darkness

The Beginning of the End

pt. 5. Barbarossa: The Attack on Russia. Fighting in Peacetime

The Longest Day of the Year

'A War of Annihilation'

The Last Chance

The War for Oil

pt. 6. Japan Goes to War. Bushido: The Soldier's Code

The Way to War

Imperial Forces

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Co-Prosperity Sphere

Conclusion: 'Went the Day Well?'.