The devastating man-made of World War II was fought by the greatest number of men in the history of civilization over the largest area of the world's surface. 

Nations of diverse beliefs joined forces in a time of desperate trouble to withstand and finally triumph over monstrous tyrannies that would have returned man to the jungle. 

The cost in human casualties and property damage was astronomical, almost incredible.

As time rolls by and perspective sharpens, the blurred picture of those precarious years from 1939 to 1945 begins to come into focus. 

It is the purpose of this book to present in concise form the dramatic story from Warsaw to Tokyo Bay of this greatest of all wars, to describe in simple terms the causes of the conflict, the long, bitter, complicated struggle itself, and the results.