The War, 1939-1945 - Softcover

Flowers, Desmond; Reeves, James

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Synopsis

This magnificent, chronologically ordered, internationally focused collection covers every phase and theater of World War II. Based on diaries, letters, journals, reportage, and other contemporary documents, The War, 1939–1945 resurrects the voices of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Goebbels, Rommel, Yamamoto, MacArthur, Patton, Eisenhower, and other prominent figures as well as the experiences of countless ordinary soldiers and civilians from Germany to Japan, from England to the Soviet Union, from Norway to Africa. The editors have chosen the finest, most revealing writing from all sides of the conflict to forge a sweeping yet intimate chronicle of the most cataclysmic event in history.

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About the Author

Desmond Flowers was an author, translator, and head of the London publishing house Cassell & Company. James Reeves taught English Language and Literature at Teachers' Training Colleges in England.

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