World War II touched the lives of almost everyone in the world at that time. Whether they were men, women, or children, everyone was affected in some way by the events of the war. This book tells some of these stories.

A world at war -- Adolf Hitler -- Oskar Schindler -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Anne Frank -- Alan Turing -- Hideki Tojo -- Douglas Bader -- Violette Szabo -- Chiune Sugihara -- Winston Churchill -- Vernon J. Baker -- Lydia Litvyak -- Roger Bushell -- Andrew Mynarski -- Joseph Stalin -- Ruth Foster -- Benito Mussolini -- Robert Oppenheimer -- Glossary.