Volume 1 is a month by month account of the six war years. It includes the sacrifices and achievements of Canadians, both soldiers, sailors and airmen, plus the efforts of those who served on the home front. Volume 2 records the stories of the army's great campaigns in Italy and northwest Europe, plus naval battles in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and elsewhere. Also included are tales of life in German prisoner of war camps, plus escapes and death at the hands of the Gestapo.