The War, 1939-1945 : a documentary history

This chronologically ordered, internationally focused collection covers every phase and theater of World War II, from the German invasion of Poland to the Japanese surrender. Based on diaries, letters, journals, reportage, and other contemporary documents, The War, 1939-1945 resurrects the voices of Hitler, Churchill, DeGaulle, Roosevelt, Göring, Goebbels, Rommel, Montgomery, 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. 1st Da Capo Press ed. xii, 1120 pages : maps ; 23 cm