This is #28 in the Time/Life series that chronicles in full the events of the Second World War. Chapters include A War That Winter Brought, The Grab for Norway, A Failed Rescue, The Necessary Alliance, Ordeal in the Cruelest Sea, and Retreat in the North. Picture essays include A Model Scandinavian Hero, Spoils for Ghost Soldiers, The Swiftest Blitz, A Masterpiece of Movement, Sweden on the Alert, Hard Duty in a Harsh Land, A Battle Queen in Exile, and Return to Desolation.