In Operation Torch, the first joint US–British offensive of the war, thousands of inexperienced American troops—and their untested leader Eisenhower—face off against the hardened German Afrika Korps and infamous Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. 

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces sweep across Southeast Asia. On Guadalcanal, US Marines are given the bloody task of stopping their relentless advance. 

The story of how America’s battle to control the seas against the terrifying German U-boats in the Atlantic and Japan’s fearsome navy in the Pacific ultimately turns the tide of the war.  

As Hitler’s reach extends beyond Germany and darkness descends on Europe, his hateful rhetoric leads to anti-Jewish persecution and, ultimately, genocide.  

Japan escalates its war in China, drawing increasing US sanctions and widespread outrage. Driven by resource shortages and military ideology, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in a move that will reshape the course of World War II.