The events of the months between the fall of Germany in May 1945 and the surrender of Japan in August would dictate the world order for generations. Combining archive material and original interviews with eyewitnesses, this people's history tells the story of civilians, soldiers, victors and vanquished across the globe during a fateful summer – as they celebrated in London, set about rebuilding Europe or fought on in the Pacific to the elation of VJ Day and the terrible aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.