World War II series

World War II is a series of books published by Time-Life that chronicles the Second World War. Each book focused on a different topic, such as the resistance, spies, the home front but mainly the battles and campaigns of the conflict.^[1]

Overview

Each volume is 208 pages in length, heavily illustrated and with pictorial essays on specific topics within the volume. They had no dustwrapper and the cover image was wrap around. There was no title on the front cover; this was printed on the spine.

Volume titles of World War II

Title	General Consultant	Volume	Year published	ISBN
Prelude to War	Robert T. Elson	1	1976	ISBN 0-8094-2450-9
Blitzkrieg	Robert Wernick	2	1977	ISBN 0-8094-2456-8
Battle of Britain	Leonard Mosley	3	1977	ISBN 0-8094-2460-6
The Rising Sun	Arthur Zich	4	1977	ISBN 0-7835-5715-9
The Battle of the Atlantic	Barrie Pitt	5	1980	ISBN 0-8094-2468-1
Russia Besieged	Nicholas Bethell	6	1980	ISBN 0-8094-2470-3
The War in the Desert	Richard Collier	7	1977	ISBN 0-7835-5721-3
The Home Front: USA	Ronald H. Bailey	8	1978	ISBN 0-3168-4910-3
China - Burma - India	Don Moser	9	1978	ISBN 0-8094-2482-7
Island Fighting	Rafael Steinberg	10	1978	ISBN 0-8094-2486-X
The Italian Campaign	Robert Wallace	11	1981	ISBN 0-8094-2502-5
Partisans and Guerrillas	Ronald H.Bailey	12	1978	ISBN 0-8094-2491-6
The Second Front	Douglas Botting	13	1978	ISBN 0-8094-2498-3
Liberation	Martin Blumenson	14	1978	ISBN 0-8094-2510-6
Return to the Philippines	Rafael Steinberg	15	1979	ISBN 0-8094-2514-9
Air War in Europe	Ronald H. Bailey	16	1981	ISBN 0-8094-2494-0
The Resistance	Russell Miller	17	1979	ISBN 0-8094-2522-X
The Battle of the Bulge	William K.Goolrick, Ogden Tanner	18	1979	ISBN 0-8094-2530-0
The Road to Tokyo	Keith Wheeler	19	1979	ISBN 0-8094-2538-6
Red Army Resurgent	John Shaw	20	1979	ISBN 0-8094-2518-1
The Nazis	Robert Edwin Herzstein	21	1980	ISBN 0-8094-2534-3
Across the Rhine	Franklin M. Davis Jr.	22	1980	ISBN 0-8094-2542-4
War Under the Pacific	Keith Wheeler	23	1980	ISBN 0-8094-3375-3
War in the Outposts	Simon Rigge	24	1980	ISBN 0-8094-3381-8
The Soviet Juggernaut	Earl F. Ziemke	25	1980	ISBN 0-8094-3387-7
Japan At War	John R. Elting, H. Carrol Parrish, Koichi Kawana	26	1980	ISBN 0-8094-3415-6
The Mediterranean	A.B.C Whipple	27	1981	ISBN 0-8094-3383-4
Battles for Scandinavia	John R. Elting	28	1981	ISBN 0-8094-3395-8
The Secret War	Francis Russell	29	1981	ISBN 0-8094-2546-7
Prisoners of War	Ronald H. Bailey	30	1981	ISBN 0-8094-3391-5
The Commandos	Russell Miller	31	1981	ISBN 0-8094-3399-0
The Home Front: Germany	Charles Whiting	32	1982	ISBN 0-8094-3419-9
Italy at War	Henry Adams	33	1982	ISBN 0-8094-3423-7
Bombers Over Japan	Keith Wheeler	34	1982	ISBN 0-8094-3427-X
The Neutrals	Denis J. Fodor	35	1982	ISBN 0-8094-3431-8
Victory in Europe	Gerald Simons	36	1982	ISBN 0-8094-3403-2
Fall of Japan	Keith Wheeler	37	1983	ISBN 0-8094-3407-5
The Aftermath: Europe	Douglas Botting	38	1983	ISBN 0-8094-3411-3
The Aftermath: Asia	Charles Osborne	39	1983	ISBN 0-8094-3435-0

Similar or related works

• Allies at War by Tim Bouverie (2025)
• The Second World War by Antony Beevor (2012).
• Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings (2011).
• The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts (2009).