World War II series


World War II is a series of books published by Time-Life that chronicles the Second World War. Each book focused on a different topic, such as the resistance, spies, the home front but mainly the battles and campaigns of the conflict.
They are each 208 pages in length, heavily illustrated and with pictorial essays on specific topics within the volume. They had no dustwrapper and the cover image was wrap around. There was no title on the front cover; this was printed on the spine.
There are 39 volumes in the series:
TitleGeneral ConsultantVolumeYear publishedISBN
Prelude to WarRobert T. Elson11976
BlitzkriegRobert Wernick21977
Battle of BritainLeonard Mosley31977
The Rising SunArthur Zich41977
The Battle of the AtlanticBarrie Pitt51980
Russia BesiegedNicholas Bethell61980
The War in the DesertRichard Collier719770-7835-5721-3
The Home Front: USARonald H. Bailey81978
China - Burma - IndiaDon Moser91978
Island FightingRafael Steinberg101978
The Italian CampaignRobert Wallace111981
Partisans and GuerrillasRonald H.Bailey121978
The Second FrontDouglas Botting131978
LiberationMartin Blumenson141978
Return to the PhilippinesRafael Steinberg151979
Air War in EuropeRonald H. Bailey161981
The ResistanceRussell Miller171979
The Battle of the BulgeWilliam K.Goolrick & Ogden Tanner181979
The Road to TokyoKeith Wheeler191979
Red Army ResurgentJohn Shaw201979
The NazisRobert Edwin Herzstein211980
Across the RhineFranklin M. Davis Jr.221980
War Under the PacificKeith Wheeler231980
War in the OutpostsSimon Rigge241980
The Soviet JuggernautEarl F. Ziemke251980
Japan At WarEditors of Time Life Books261980
The MediterraneanA.B.C Whipple271981
Battles for ScandinaviaJohn R. Elting281981
The Secret WarFrancis Russell291981
Prisoners of WarRonald H. Bailey301981
The CommandosRussell Miller311981
The Home Front: GermanyCharles Whiting321982
Italy at WarHenry Adams331982
Bombers Over JapanKeith Wheeler341982
The NeutralsDenis J. Fodor351982
Victory in EuropeGerald Simons361982
Fall of JapanKeith Wheeler371983
The Aftermath: EuropeDouglas Botting381983
The Aftermath: AsiaCharles Osborne391983