Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk. In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of World War II, Alone brings to resounding life perhaps the most critical year of twentieth-century history. For, indeed, May 1940 was a month like no other, as the German war machine blazed into France...

As Spring 1940 unfolds in Paris, war is inevitable. AP journalist Josephine Marlow is asked to undertake a dangerous journey back into the borders of the Reich--just when the Fuhrer is gathering his forces for another invasion. If she is successful, a child will live. If not, he will die. And many other children, too. French colonel Andre Cahrdon knows that the undefeated Fuhrer will not hold back his Blitzkrieg long from France. But the plan of attack...

History has tried to comprehend the chaotic confusion of World War Two, but there are still many important, unanswered questions. In the midst of war, why did Hitler challenge the world's greatest superpower? Why did Hitler halt his armies before Dunkirk, allowing the British to escape? Was Hitler building an atomic bomb? And what happened to Hitler? How did he die and where is the body? Now for the first time ever, solely using historical evidence,...