The World at War Author:Mark Arnold-Forster The World at War - In Poland, as mounted cavalry battles Stuka dive bombers.....In France, as the illusion of the Maginot Line is destroyed by the reality of German tank warfare...In London, nightly facing destruction from the skies, yet somehow fighting back...On the Vast Plains of Russia, where the mightiest invasion force of all time makes a ... more »fatal pause on the very brink of victory...At Pearl Harbor, amid the burning wreckage and sunken hulks of the American Pacific fleet...In the Mountains of Italy, where every inch is paid for by many men's blood...On the Beaches of Normandy, where the Longest Day begins before dawn...The World at War ..a towering truimph in vivid immediacy, superb sweep and overwhelming power.« less