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Overview
This book collects a wide variety of primary-source documents drawn from across the United States, Europe, and Asia that illuminate the events and experiences of World War II -- the most devastating war in human history.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Preface.
Introduction.
How to Evaluate Primary Documents.
Chronology.
1: The Coming of War in Europe.
2: Fascist Pageantry: William Shirer on the Nürnberg Rallies, 1934.
3: Clare Hollingworth Describes the German Invasion of Poland, September 1939.
4: W. H. Auden, “September 1, 1939”.
5: From Poland to Pearl Harbor.
6: Henry R. Luce, “The American Century,” February 1941.
7: “America First”: U.S. Opposition to Intervention in World War II: Charles A. Lindbergh, Radio Address, April 23, 1941.
8: Mitsuo Fuchida’s Recollections of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
9: Franklin D. Roosevelt, “A Date which will Live in Infamy”: December 7, 1941.
10: Fighting the War.
11: The Siege of Leningrad: Diary of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, March–May 1942.
12: A Russian “Night Witch”: Reminiscences of Lieutenant Olga Lisikova, Pilot, Commander of Douglas C-47 Aircraft.
13: The Eastern Front: Recollections of Hans Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld on the German Occupation.
14: The Eastern Front: Reminiscences of General Aleksey Kirillovich Gorlinskiy on the Soviet Advance, 1944–1945.
15: D-Day: Diaries of Forrest C. Pogue.
16: German Infantryman Robert Vogt Describes the D-Day Landings and the Normandy Campaign.
17: David K. E. Bruce Describes the Liberation of Paris, August 24–25, 1944.
18: Technology and Air Power.
19: Letter from an American Bomber Pilot: Robert S. Raymond to Betty Raymond, January 27, 1943.
20: Will of Kamikaze Pilot Ryōji Uehara, Late 1944 or Early 1945.
21: Father Johannes A. Siemes Recalls the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima of August 6, 1945.
22: Toshikazu Kase, Account of the Japanese Surrender Ceremony, September 2, 1945.
23: Wartime Victims and Survivors.
24: A Pacifist Point of View: Rev. Arle Brooks, Statement upon His Conviction for Draft Evasion
