Brigadier General Frank Crozier (1879-1937) was a highly controversial figure in his day. As a young soldier he saw active service in the Boer War and West Africa before being forced to leave the Army because of financial irresponsibility. He tried to start a new life in Canada and then, on his return to Britain, joined the Ulster Volunteer Force....

This is a compelling and powerful global account of the Second World War in all its brutal intensity, now in paperback. Evoking the epic scale of combat and its appalling impact across the globe, \"World War II\" is a unique telling of the Second World War....

It is arguably the single greatest event in human history. Decades on from when the last shot was fired, the battles may be fading from living memory, but the shock waves of World War II still resonate....