Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards, but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war.
Betrayed, Stalin fights the German army in the Soviet states. The German occupation policies lead to the first extermination policies of 'undesirables'.
As Hitler's troops advance, occupants in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland take the brunt of the occupying forces cruelty; and the first concentration camps are created.
The Red Army develops strength and Hitler's Spring Offensive is stopped at Stalingrad; and in the largest ghetto the inhabitants' fight back in the Warsaw Uprising.