ix, 544 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm

If history really belongs to the victor, what happens when there's more than one side declaring victory? In this fresh exploration of World War II, particularly focusing on the role of the Soviet Union and Stalin's Red Army in the defeat of Nazi Germany, Davies replaces the widely accepted "good versus evil" narrative with a more complex truth -- one in which "victory" tarnished the reputation of the West and, for most of Europe, exchanged one form of totalitarian oppression for another. - Back cover

Published in Great Britain as Europe at war 1939-1945: no simple victory by MacMillan --t.p. verso

Published in Penguin Books 2008 --t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-510) and index

Interpretation : five factors -- Warfare : military action in Europe, 1939-1945 -- Politics : before, during, and after the war -- Soldiers : from enlistment to war grave -- Civilians : life and death in wartime -- Portrayals : the Second World War in pictures, literature and history -- Inconclusions

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