The Sound And The Fury

Germany's invasion of Poland sparks global war; Blitzkrieg crushes France, Britain stands alone; Japan expands across Asia, exploiting colonial weakness; in China, resistance grinds on; Africa becomes a new front; the Battle of Britain marks air power's rise; as old empires falter, total war reshapes the world; a collapsing order gives way to a brutal, modern conflict.

Hitler invades the Soviet Union, but Moscow holds; Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, drawing the U.S. into war; global conflict escalates as genocide and total destruction define the Axis war machine; in North Africa and Southeast Asia, new battles begin; Operation Torch signals the Allied fightback; in Russia, German troops edge toward disaster at Stalingrad.

Stalingrad breaks the Nazi advance; Japan falters at Guadalcanal; the tide begins to turn; Mussolini falls as Allies land in Sicily; the Soviets crush Germany at Kursk; allied tech improves-radar, codebreaking, bombing raids.

D-Day lands Allied troops in Normandy; in the East, Operation Bagration devastates Germany. Paris is freed. Stalin secures Eastern Europe. In 1945, Berlin falls and Hitler dies.