Voices of World War II : contemporary accounts of daily life / Priscilla Mary Roberts, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Priscilla Mary.

Series:

Voices of an era.

Voices of an era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A chronology lists all major events of World War II A bibliography provides an up-do-date selection of basic books, Internet sources, and movies and television series on World War II A glossary defines key World War II terms and phrases Extensive commentary, contextual information, and guiding questions accompany each document

Contents:

""5. “America First�: U.S. Opposition to Intervention in World War II: Charles A. Lindbergh, Radio Address, April 23, 1941""""6. Mitsuo Fuchida�s Recollections of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941""; ""7. Franklin D. Roosevelt, “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy�: December 7, 1941""; ""Fighting the War""; ""8. The Siege of Leningrad: Diary of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, March�May 1942""; ""9. A Russian “Night Witch�: Reminiscences of Lieutenant Olga Lisikova, Pilot, Commander of Douglas C-47 Aircraft""

""10. The Eastern Front: Recollections of Hans Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld on the German Occupation""""11. The Eastern Front: Reminiscences of General Aleksey Kirillovich Gorlinskiy on the Soviet Advance, 1944�1945""; ""12. D-Day: Diaries of Forrest C. Pogue""; ""13. German Infantryman Robert Vogt Describes the D-Day Landing sand the Normandy Campaign""; ""14. David K. E. Bruce Describes the Liberation of Paris, August 24�25, 1944""; ""Technology and Air Power""; ""15. Letter from an American Bomber Pilot: Robert S. Raymond to Betty Raymond, January 27, 1943""

""16. Will of Kamikaze Pilot RyÅ?ji Uehara, Late 1944 or Early 1945""""17. Father Johannes A. Siemes Recalls the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima of August 6, 1945""; ""18. Toshikazu Kase, Account of the Japanese Surrender Ceremony, September 2, 1945""; ""Wartime Victims and Survivors""; ""19. A Pacifist Point of View: Rev. Arle Brooks, Statement upon His Conviction for Draft Evasion, January 1941""; ""20. Conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Diary of Stanislaw Rozycki, Novemberâ€?December 1941""; ""21. The Final Solution: Minutes of the Wannsee Protocol, January 20, 1942""

""22. Conspiracies of Silence: Oral History of Martin Koller on German Massacres of Jews""""23. The Internment of Japanese Americans: Recollections of Mary Tsukamoto""; ""24. Roy M. “Max� Offerle Recalls Working on the Burma�Thailand “Death� Railway""; ""25. Japan�s Occupation of the Philippines: Claro M. Recto to Lt. Gen. Takaji Wachi, June 15, 1944""; ""26. Japanese Biological Experiments: Testimony of Anonymous Hygiene Specialist of Unit 731""; ""27. Comfort Women: Account of Ms. K, an Anonymous Korean Woman""; ""28. German Women in Wartime: Reminiscences of Juliane Hartmann""

""The War�s Social and Economic Impact""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216033066

9798216162711

OCLC:

879549672