The mantle of command: FDR at war, 1941-1942

Placentia Bay. Before the storm

Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble

Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room

Trouble with MacArthur. The fighting general

End of an empire. Singapore ; The mockery of the world ; The battleground for civilization

India. No hand on the wheel ; Lessons from the Pacific ; Churchill threatens to resign ; The worst case of jitters

Midway. Doolittle's Raid ; The Battle of Midway

Tobruk. Churchill's second coming ; The Fall of Tobruk ; No second Dunquerque ; Avoiding utter catastrophe

Japan first. Citizen warriors ; A staggering crisis ; A rough day

The mutiny. Stimson's bet ; A definite decision ; A failed mutiny

Reaction in Moscow. Stalin's prayer

An industrial miracle. A trip across America ; The President's loyal lieutenant

The tragedy of Dieppe. A Canadian bloodbath

The torch is lit. Something in West Africa ; Alamein ; First light ; The greatest sensation ; Armistice Day.