World at War: World War Two uses contemporaneous reports and photographs from the Daily Mail archives, including many eyewitness accounts, to show how the conflict developed, describing the key battles, tactical decisions and turning points that settled the outcome.

The rise of Hitler -- Appeasement -- The Munich agreement -- Occupation of Czechoslovakia -- German invasion of Poland -- Britain prepares for war -- War in Scandinavia -- The fall of France -- Dunkirk -- The battle of Britain -- Blitz on Britain -- Lend-lease -- Germany invades Russia -- Pearl Harbor -- America declares war -- Southeast Asia -- Stalingrad -- Uprisings in Warsaw -- El Alamein -- Operation torch -- Pacific offensives -- Burma -- Liberation of Italy -- Japan in retreat -- D-day -- Liberation of France -- Liberation of the low countries -- Soviet advances -- Island-hopping -- Battle for the Philippines -- Battle of the bulge -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa -- Crossing the rhine -- The holocaust -- Victory in Europe -- Victory in Japan -- Living in peace -- The nuremberg trials.