World at War

World at War is an interactive atlas of 45 wars, insurgencies and flashpoints. Each has a sourced briefing — how it started, dated key events, the human toll, who is fighting and where it stands — and a narrated explainer on the globe. Everything is stored in the app, so it works without a connection.

Contact

Email 328horizons@gmail.com. Please include your iPhone or iPad model, its iOS version and the app version (shown at the end of About, credits & privacy in the app). A screenshot helps with a display problem.

Corrections

Every briefing ends with its dated sources, and every figure says who counted it. If you find an error, email the name of the conflict and the line in question, with a source if you have one. Briefings describe events up to the date shown in the app; they are not a live news feed.

Sound

The opening film, music and narration play with sound, including with the silent switch on. If you hear nothing, check the volume and the speaker button at the top right of the atlas, which mutes everything. If the app shows “Tap for sound”, tap anywhere once.

Ads and Remove ads

From version 1.1, ads keep the atlas free: a banner under the map and, now and then, a full-screen ad after a story or tour ends — never over the opening film, a story or a tour, and at most once every five minutes. The ads are provided by Google AdMob.

• Remove ads is a one-time purchase that removes all ads on every iPhone and iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. Find it in the sound menu (the ▾ button next to Sound and Voice at the bottom of the atlas), or under About, credits & privacy › Ads.
• Restore purchase is in the same places, for a new device or after reinstalling.
• Report an ad that is inappropriate under About, credits & privacy › Ads, or by email. Say what the ad showed and when you saw it.
• Ad privacy choices (in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland) are under About, credits & privacy › Ads. To stop apps tracking you, use Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.

Refunds for purchases are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.

Content

Some briefings describe killing, famine and abuse, and may be distressing. Maps show approximate areas for teaching and are not a statement about sovereignty or territorial control. The narrator is a synthetic voice and does not imitate any real person.