Simon Rose is the author of many fiction and nonfiction books on a wide variety of topics. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Allies Perspective
1: The Churchill Centre and Museum. 9 April 2012.
www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/quotations/famous-quotations-and-stories
2: Ibid.
3: World War II Database—Joseph Stalin. 9 April 2012. www.ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=64
4: World War II Database—Leningrad. 9 April 2012. www.ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=125
5: David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, eds. People’s Almanac 2. New York: Morrow, 1978, p. 95.
6: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. 9 April 2012. http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ODDEC7.html
7: William L. Shirer. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 929.
8: Fred Shapiro, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 154.
9: History Learning Site. 9 April 2012. www.historylearningsite.co.uk/blitz_and_world_war_two.htm
10: World War II Database—Chester Nimitz. 9 April 2012. www.ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=10
11: World War II Database—Paul Tibbets. 9 April 2012. www.ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=422
12: Life magazine, 27 Aug. 1945, p. 21.
Axis Perspective
1: The Definitive Visual History of World War II, New York: DK, 2009. p. 34.
2: Second World War History—WWII Quotes. 9 April 2012. www.secondworldwarhistory.com/ww2-quotes.asp
3: Max Domarus, ed. Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations 1932–1945, Wauconda, Ill.: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1990, p. 1663.
4: Second World War History—WWII Quotes. 9 April 2012. www.secondworldwarhistory.com/ww2-quotes.asp
5: Edwin P. Hoyt. 199 Days: The Battle for Stalingrad. New York: Forge, 1999. p. 184.
6: Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 1990, p. 930.
7: Brandenburg, Christel Weiss. Ruined by the Reich: Memoir of an East Prussian Family, 1916–1945. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 2003, p. 91.
8: Dan van der Vat. The Pacific Campaign: World War II, the U.S.-Japanese Naval War, 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991, p. 139.
9: History Learning Site—The Bombing of Dresden. 9 April 2012. www.historylearningsite.co.uk/bombing_of_dresden.htm
10: World War II Pictures—Battle of the Bulge Facts. 9 April 2012. http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=42
11: Emperor Hirohito, Accepting the Potsdam Declaration, Radio Broadcast, 14 Aug. 1945. 9 April 2012. www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ hirohito.htm