On 6th June, 1944 the Allied nations embarked on the most dramatic military action of all time: Operation Overlord launched the greatest air- and seaborne invasion in history, landing thousands of troops on Normandy's well-defended beaches in an attack that took German occupying forces completely by surprise.
The dropping of atomic bombs in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki finally brought Japan to unconditional surrender on 15th August 1945.
Road To Victory presents a detailed pictorial history of the last 14 months of the Second World War, capturing scenes of battles in the varied theatres across the globe where the endgame was played out.
The spectacular photographs from The Daily Mail archive reveal at first-hand what soldiers and civilians faced in history's most terrible conflict.