*Highlights the key decisions and events of World War II in Europe from Allied and Axis perspectives *Begins with the 1939 invasion of Poland and ends with Germany's surrender in 1945, with a concluding look at the Nuremberg Trials *Covers old controversies and relatively unexplored events *Presents information objectively AUTHOR: Harold J. Goldberg is professor of history at the University of the South. He has also written D-Day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan . He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee. REVIEWS: "Amazingly valuable." --Library Journal ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 b/w photographs