Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal opponents. But instantly their only hope for survival-never brain victory-was to unite to avoid a mighty foe: one whose terrifying technology made an appearance invincible.

Far worse beings compared to the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China’s enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been pressured into an uneasy alliance since mankind began its struggle against overwhelming odds. In Britain about Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance and Germany, where the banshee wail of hostile jets screamed across the property, caches of once-forbidden weaponry had been unearthed, and unthinkable tactics were used against the foe. Brilliantly innovative armed forces strategists confronted difficulties unprecedented in the history of warfare.

Even as insufficient fuel forced people back to horse and carriage, physicists worked feverishly to create the first atomic bombs-with horrifying results. Town after city became a member of the radioactive pyre as the earth erupted in fiery ruins. Yet the crisis continued-on property, ocean, and in the air-as mankind writhed in global fight. The methods of daredevil guerrillas everywhere became increasingly ingenious against an excellent foe whose eager retaliation would develop ever more fearsome.

Nobody had ever place america, or the world, in such deadly risk. If the carnage and annihilation ever halted, would there end up being any pieces to get?