Winston Churchill once said about World War II that it was a war that should never have happened. This book was written with the ambition to help ensure that another such war does not ... occur again. To prevent humanity from returning to a similar state of madness.

World War II was the most absurd and simultaneously tragic adventure of human life. Never before have so many political, military, and scientific intellects, so much courage, and such a vast amount of living and material resources been used to "write" this Epic of Destruction. "The passion for interest became a disaster." A disaster that extends through various paths and in various ways to our own time.

To stem this extension, it is not enough to have fragmentary but complete knowledge of the events. This is why we present the events from the beginning to the end. From start to finish and across the entire globe. However, this book does not overflow with facts; it overflows with reflection, the highlighting of causes, triggers, and consequences.

The author, a child of that great war, praises heroism but does not idealize it. With this book, although it is a book about war, he showcases the heroism of peace. It does not provide stimuli or excuses for new wars.

(Volume I deals with the situations and events that led to the war up to the Battle of the Desert (1943). Volume II pertains to the Battle of Greece. Volume III covers the war in Russia. Volume IV concerns the landings in Sicily-Italy, the landing in Normandy, and the collapse of the fascist and Hitlerian regime. An appendix examines the political and diplomatic events.)