The book of the famous military and naval historian Valery Klaving describes in detail the events of World War II that took place in Western theaters of operations: from the Polish Wehrmacht campaign in 1939 to the offensive in the Ardennes in 1944 and the subsequent collapse of the Western Front in Germany in 1945. The German offensive in the West in 1940, the capture of Norway and the Balkans by the Wehrmacht, campaigns in North Africa and Italy, the Allied landing in Normandy are shown mainly from the German point of view, from within the Wehrmacht. Clawing proves that German soldiers honestly and courageously performed their duty, often performing heroic deeds, and the strategic decisions made by Hitler and his generals were by no means always stupid and idiotic - otherwise the Wehrmacht would not have captured almost all of Western Europe and half of the European part of the USSR. The author sees the reasons for the defeat in the colossal inequality of the forces of Germany and its opponents. The book provides data on the combat order of the Wehrmacht in Western theaters during various periods of the war. The book is intended for everyone interested in the history of World War II.