With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
The island of Corregidor holds the last of the US and Filipino troops, it falls to the Japanese on May 6, 1942.
The Allied invasion sets off a chain of events that merge to end Hitler's efforts to capture Great Britain.
Japanese leaders, believing they are racially superior, invade China with soldiers who are not afraid to die for their country.
February 19, 1945 is the day US marines land on Iwo Jima. They soon face incredible resistance from hiding Japanese soldiers, and many Marines die.
Many of the principal commanders and troops are likely to die in the dangerous invasion of Normandy's beaches.
Thousands from the Gustloff die in the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea.
In the city of Nanking, China, Japanese soldiers plunder, rape and kill thousands of men, women and children.
The Bataan Death March, shown in photos and maps, lasts over 60 miles; many Filipino and US soldiers die.
Despite the horrible wartime conditions in Poland, Szpilman manages to stay hidden and alive.
Despite fatal German counter attacks, the Allies manage to secure the Normandy beachhead.
"Plan BODYGUARD" serves to provide false information to the Germans, leading to Hitler's final days.
The decision makers divide Germany into East and West as residents struggle to survive.
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