World War II in Color

Being victorious in western Europe, Nazi Germany controlled Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, but Britain remained defiant.

By late summer 1944, the Allied forces in north-west Europe were thrusting towards the German border.

No longer considering Britain a threat, Hitler focuses on Operation Barbarossa.

Facing a new type of warfare, Poland was conquered in just four weeks by Hitler's army.

Benito Mussolini dreams of recreating the Roman Empire.

Hitler faced a new threat, Allied preparations to invade north-west France were coming to a climax.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes bomb the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.

The most destructive war begins as German troops invade Poland.

By the spring of 1943, the Pacific war had reached a turning point.

War on the two fronts catches up with Hitler, leaving him on the run in mid-1943.

The race begins to develop new weapons and ways to wage war.

Allied forces are within striking distince of the Rhine; a Red Army blitzkrieg brings Soviet forces to the River Oder.

in 1945, a desperate Japan is attacked by U.S. carriers and amphibious forces.