This work examines World War II completely through quotations - from speeches, news accounts, memoirs and interviews. Represented too, are captured documents and material from Ultra and Magic - which broke the German and Japanese secret codes. The major political and military figures of the war are featured - and many of the hitherto unknowns. The encyclopaedia also serves as a lexicon of slang and nicknames and code names, of war movies and war songs. More than 300 individuals are represented: from Allied sources to Axis sources and neutrals.