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Part I: The Early Years September 1937 An American Reporter in Berlin by William Shirer A journalist in Europe, Shirer looks at the shadow of the Nazi movement in Germany and the dark, brooding cloud it brings with it. September 1939 German Blitzkreig in Poland by Jan Nowak A Polish solider recounts the time he served in the army and found, on September 1, 1939, that the war had suddenly started. Poland, 1939-1945 Jews in Hiding by Rose Silberberg-Skier After Kristallnacht when the Germans broke the windows of German businesses, the persecution of the Jews was openly practiced. Photo Album: War in Europe England, 1940-1941 Air Spy: The Story of Photo Intelligence in World War II by Constance Babington-Smith A daughter of a Scottish duke describes her work reading photographs taken by military spy planes and why it was important to the war effort. Poetry of the War: England, 1940's Lessons of the War by Henry Reed Reed's poem is a classic expression of life in the army and war. United States, 1940 I Forgot for a Moment by Edna St. Vincent Millay Expressing the thoughts and feelings of so many, Edna St. Vincent Millay captures a moment of remembrance of the war far away. Germany, 1940's Second Air Force by Randall Jarrell A visiting soldier's mother watches, remembers, and wonders. Part II: War in Europe Newfoundland, August 1941 The Atlantic Charter Following a secret meeting, Roosevelt and Churchill share their goals in the war and describe how the world will be if they win. Russia, 1942 The Battle for Stalingrad by William Hoffman A German soldier's diary records the fierce fighting during the long battle for Stalingrad. 1943 The Infantry in North Africa by Ernie Pyle The war reached to every continent, and here journalist Pyle describes the fighting in Tunisia. Photo Album: Bill Mauldin's War Italy, Germany, France, 1944-1945 War Diary by Desiderio J. Sais Sais's diary tells of day-by-day life in the army as described by a common soldier who worked in the motor pool. 1944-1945 Life in a German POW Camp by Michael Mazza Nineteen-year-old Mazza tells how he was captured and what the last part of the war was like as a German prisoner of war. Part III: War in the Pacific Oahu, Hawaii, December 7, 1941 The Bombing of Pearl Harbor: A Nurse's Eyewitness Account by Myrtle Watson A hospital nurse describes what it was like the day the Japanese unleashed their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Photo Album: Homefront 1941 "A Date That Will Live in Infamy" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt President Roosevelt's address to Congress the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed made the date famous. United States, 1942-1945 Life in the Internment Camps by Richard Lidz Historian Lidz's interviews with Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps. South Pacific, 1942-1945 The Navajo Code Talkers by William E. Hafford This account tells how the Navajo created the only unbreakable code in the history of warfare. South Pacific, 1943 Pacific War Diary by Edward Robb Ellis A sailor in the South Pacific, Fahey describes in graphic detail the fighting for the islands. United States, 1940s "I Believe in This War" by J. Redding Saunders Saunders, an African American soldier, talks about the reasons he supports the war and his dislike of the racist aspects of it. Photo Album: War in the Pacific Part IV: War Ends Berlin, Germany, April 1945 The Last Days of Hitler What happened in the end to Hilter? What were his final hours like? Historian Hugh Trevor-Roer here presents the evidence about Hitler's death. August 6, 1945 Hiroshima Survivors: Yamaguchi and Hirata by Robert Trumbull This nonfiction account tells the story of two victims of the Hiroshima boming who survived. Germany, 1945 An Ambulance Driver Recalls the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp by Norman Shethar In the final days of the war, troops with ambulances were sent to concentration camps to free survivors. Photo Album: War Ends Chronology of the War |
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