Victory : World War II in real time / edited by Alan Axelrod, developed by Les Krantz, foreword by David Eisenhower

Language: English Publisher: New York : Sterling, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xix, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781454941163Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works | Press coverage -- SourcesDDC classification: 940.53
Contents:
Preface: Reporting the war -- Introduction -- 1939 -- 1940 -- 1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945.
Summary: Victory commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII: May 8, 1945, VE Day; August 14, VJ Day; and September 2, the formal signing of the instrument of surrender. This stunning book covers the war through contemporary Associated Press coverage of 40-45 key events, plus human-interest accounts. The stories and photographs are presented chronologically so that readers of today can experience the scope of the war in the same way people of that era learned of the events. From Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to Japan's ceremonial signing of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, each event is vividly brought to life through images and text from the original articles; historian Alan Axelrod provides insightful introductory text for each chapter.
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Preface: Reporting the war -- Introduction -- 1939 -- 1940 -- 1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945.

Victory commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII: May 8, 1945, VE Day; August 14, VJ Day; and September 2, the formal signing of the instrument of surrender. This stunning book covers the war through contemporary Associated Press coverage of 40-45 key events, plus human-interest accounts. The stories and photographs are presented chronologically so that readers of today can experience the scope of the war in the same way people of that era learned of the events. From Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to Japan's ceremonial signing of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, each event is vividly brought to life through images and text from the original articles; historian Alan Axelrod provides insightful introductory text for each chapter.

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