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WWII : the people's story / Nigel Fountain, general editor.

by Fountain, Nigel.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, c2003Description: 315 p., [4] : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.).ISBN: 0762103760.Other title: World War II | World War 2 | World War Two.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 | Books on compact disc | Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
Contents:
One day in September -- Fall of France -- Britain under siege -- War in the air -- Battle and blitz -- America prepares for war -- Bloody battles, bitter Barbarossa -- Pearl Harbor -- Shadow of the rising sun -- Crossing the great divide -- Faraway places -- Roads to hell -- Against the empire -- Against the sea -- Close to home -- Torch to Rome -- Secrets and nightmares -- Return to France -- Horrors of Nazi rule -- Brighter than the sun -- New beginnings -- Feature pages: Wartime fashions -- Fighters of the Battle of Britain -- Sinking of the Bismarck -- Behind barbed wire -- Navajo code talkers -- Dawn of the jet age -- Battle gear -- Role of the movies -- Morale-boosting music -- Secret weapons -- Overlord: D-day landings -- Nazi camp system.
Summary: a tribute to everyday people who witnessed the Second World War firsthand is a collection of personal accounts by soldiers and civilians complemented by 450 contemporary and rarely seen photographs and a seventy-minute audio CD.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [319] and index.

One day in September -- Fall of France -- Britain under siege -- War in the air -- Battle and blitz -- America prepares for war -- Bloody battles, bitter Barbarossa -- Pearl Harbor -- Shadow of the rising sun -- Crossing the great divide -- Faraway places -- Roads to hell -- Against the empire -- Against the sea -- Close to home -- Torch to Rome -- Secrets and nightmares -- Return to France -- Horrors of Nazi rule -- Brighter than the sun -- New beginnings -- Feature pages: Wartime fashions -- Fighters of the Battle of Britain -- Sinking of the Bismarck -- Behind barbed wire -- Navajo code talkers -- Dawn of the jet age -- Battle gear -- Role of the movies -- Morale-boosting music -- Secret weapons -- Overlord: D-day landings -- Nazi camp system.

a tribute to everyday people who witnessed the Second World War firsthand is a collection of personal accounts by soldiers and civilians complemented by 450 contemporary and rarely seen photographs and a seventy-minute audio CD.

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