Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- MAPS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1-THE OUTBREAK OF WAR -- The New Government -- The Resources of the Allies -- The Military Outlook -- CHAPTER 2-HOW IT CAME ABOUT -- Germany and the Versailles Treaty -- Hitler Appears -- Stresemann -- Rise of the National Socialists -- Hitler Chancellor -- Reintroduction of Conscription -- Abyssinia -- Germany Invades the Rhineland -- Guns or Butter -- The Anschluss-Ribbentropism -- The Anschluss -- Hitler's Designs on Czecho-Slovakia -- Hitler's Designs on Czecho-Slovakia -- Munich -- Occupation of Czecho-Slovakia -- Poland's Turn -- Russian Intrigues -- Russo-German Pact -- Attack on Poland -- CHAPTER 3-THE POLISH CAMPAIGN -- CHAPTER 4-THE STRATEGY OF THE WAR -- CHAPTER 5-ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT -- CHAPTER 6-REACTIONS AND EXCURSIONS -- CHAPTER 7-THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE -- CHAPTER 8-FINLAND'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM -- CHAPTER 9-AIR WARFARE AND ITS POSSIBILITIES -- CHAPTER 10-THE NORWEGIAN INTERLUDE -- The Altmark -- Allied Minefields Laid -- The Naval Engagements -- The Invasion of Norway -- The First Battle of Narvik -- The Second Battle -- The Trondheim Operations -- The Attack on Narvik -- CHAPTER 11-A CHANGE OF PILOTS -- CHAPTER 12-THE BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS -- 1. From Peace to War -- 2. The Pretext and the Plan -- 3. The Defences -- 4. The Course of the Battle -- 5. The Dutch Theatre -- 7. The Belgian Defences -- 8. The Attack -- CHAPTER 13-THE BREAK THROUGH -- CHAPTER 14-THE DRIVE TO THE CHANNEL PORTS -- CHAPTER 15-THE SURRENDER OF THE BELGIAN ARMY -- CHAPTER 16-THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.