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040			_aPINCKNEY COMM. SCHOOLS - 9/12
010			_a 2003043172
020			_a0762103760
245	1	0	_aWWII : _bthe people's story / _cNigel Fountain, general editor.
246	3		_aWorld War II
246	3		_aWorld War 2
246	3		_aWorld War Two
260	0		_aPleasantville, N.Y. : _bReader's Digest, _cc2003.
300			_a315 p., [4] : _bill. (some col.), col. maps ; _c29 cm. + _e1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319] and index.
505			_aOne 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.
520			_aa 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.
650			_aWorld War, 1939-1945.
650			_aBooks on compact disc.
650			_aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945.
700			_aFountain, Nigel.
942			_c UKN
999			_c48316 _d48316