World War II blazed for six long years. Her flame swept over huge continents, over vast sea and ocean spaces. It was attended by millions of armies equipped with the latest weapons and military equipment. Four-fifths of the world's population was drawn into the orbit of the war. These six years of world history were the years of joint struggle of the states of the anti-Hitler coalition. This album is dedicated to the events of the Second World War, created in memory of all those who, at the cost of incredible tension of will and strength, won victory with blood and life. The album contains documentary footage that chronicled the great Victory (photo reproductions from a foreign press, photo materials from the Planeta publishing house, the Central Museum of the USSR Armed Forces, photo documents from the archives of the publishing houses of the German Democratic Republic "Ferlag der Nation," "Dietz ferlag," "Militerferlag"). Historical essay covers the prehistory of World War II before the 1946 Nuremberg Trials