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Foreword
Part I Blitzkreig: The War in Europe, September 1939-October 1940
INTRODUCTION
HITLER ORDERS WAR, 31 AUGUST 1939
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DISCUSSES WAR AND PEACE, LONDON, 2 SEPTEMBER 1939
BRITAIN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1939
HOME FRONT: LONDON AT WAR, 3 SEPTEMBER 1939
POLAND: “WE MARCHED AROUND IN CIRCLES”, 3 SEPTEMBER-5 OCTOBER 1939
FINLAND: GUERILLA WAR IN THE SNOW, 2 FEBRUARY 1940
NORWAY: THE ROUT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 14 APRIL-5 MAY, 1940
THE HOME FRONT: THE PROTECTION OF YOUR HOME AGAINST AIR RAIDS
OPERATION YELLOW: THE GERMAN ATTACK ON ROTTERDAM, 10-11 MAY 1940
OPERATION YELLOW: CROSSING THE MEUSE, FRANCE, 13 MAY 1940
CHURCHILL OFFERS “BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT”, House of Commons, 13 MAY 1940
THE BATTLE OF FRANCE: SERGEANT PEXTON IS TAKEN PRISONER, 20 MAY 1940
DUNKIRK: THE VIEW FROM THE BOATS, 1 JUNE 1940
ONE MAN’S WAR: PRIVATE JACK TOOMEY IN FRANCE, MAY-JUNE 1940
FRANCE SURRENDERS, 21 JUNE 1940
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A BRITISH FIGHTER PILOT’S DIARY, 19 AUGUST-7 OCTOBER 1940
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: DOGFIGHT OVER SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND, 2 SEPTEMBER 1940
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A SPITFIRE PILOT BALES OUT, 3 SEPTEMBER 1940
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: THE BLITZ, LONDON, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1940
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: THE VIEW FROM THE OPERATIONS ROOM, No. 11 Fighter Group RAF, Uxbridge, 15 SEPTEMBER 1940
Part II The Battle of the Atlantic: 1939-44
INTRODUCTION
THE ROYAL OAK IS TORPEDOED, SCAPA FLOW, 13 OCTOBER 1939
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE, 13 DECEMBER 1939
SURVIVAL, THE ARCTIC, 8-11 JUNE 1940
U-99 ATTACKS A CONVOY, THE ATLANTIC, 18-19 OCTOBER 1940
HUNTING U-BOATS, 17 MARCH 1941
THE PURSUIT OF THE BISMARCK, 24-27 MAY 1940
ONE MAN’S WAR: THE DIARY OF AN ASDIC OPERATOR, 19 JANUARY-13 FEBRUARY 1942
VOYAGE TO MURMANSK, SEPTEMBER 1942
A U-BOAT IS DEPTH-CHARGED, MID-ATLANTIC, 1942
FATAL SIX WEEKS: THE LOG OF A U-BOAT KILLER, 31 JANUARY- 19 FEBRUARY 1944
Part III The War in the Desert: North Africa, 1940-43
INTRODUCTION
THE ITALIANS SURRENDER AT BEDA FOMM, 7 FEBRUARY 1941
ENTER ROMMEL, FEBRUARY-JULY 1941
A TANK IS “BREWED UP”, LIBYA, 15 JUNE 1941
ONE MAN’S WAR: DESERT WEARINESS, OCTOBER 1991
PANZER LIED: “HEISS UBER AFRIKAS BODEN”
OPERATION CRUSADER: TANK BATTLE AT SIDI REZEGH, 28 NOVEMBER 1941
IN THE CAULDRON, 12 JUNE 1942
TOBRUK: THE CONQUEROR ENTERS, 21 JUNE 1942
MONTGOMERY TAKES OVER AS COMMANDER EIGHTH ARMY, AUGUST 1942
SAS BATTLE REPORT: RAID ON TOBRUK, SEPTEMBER 1942
ROMMEL’S AILING HEALTH, 26 AUGUST 1942
EL ALAMEIN: THE PLAN, SEPTEMBER 1942
EL ALAMEIN: THE VIEW FROM THE AFRIKA KORPS, 24-27 OCTOBER 1942
EL ALAMEIN: GERMAN PRISONERS, 2 NOVEMBER 1942
EL ALAMEIN: THE DEFEAT OF THE AFRIKA KORPS, 4 NOVEMBER 1942
ONE MAN’S WAR: THE DIARY OF A BRITISH SOLDIER AT EL ALAMEIN, 23 0CT0BER-10 NOVEMBER 1942
A MEETING WITH THE FÜHRER RASTENBURG, 28 NOVEMBER 1942
OPERATION TORCH: GI MEALS, NOVEMBER 1941
“FIGHTING LIKE THE THE DEVIL”: THE US 26TH REGIMENT AT EL GUETTAR 23 MARCH 1943
TUNIS FALLS, 7 MAY 1943
ENVOI: “I WOULDNT MISS THE EXPERIENCE I ENCOUNTERED,” JULY 1943
Part IV Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Russia, June 1941-February 1943
INTRODUCTION
“WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THOSE BOLSHEVIK BUMS WHO’S WHO”: A GERMAN TANK GUNNER WRITES HOME, 25 JUNE 1941
THE WEHRMACHT ADVANCES INTO RUSSIA, JULY 1941
ONE MAN’S WAR: A MOSCOVITE JOINS THE RED ARMY, JULY 1941
STUKAS DIVE-BOMB THE SOVIET FLEET, 21 SEPTEMBER 1941
LENINGRAD DURING THE BLOCKADE, SEPTEMBER 1941-JANUARY 1944
THE ARRIVAL OF “GENERAL WINTER”, 13 NOVEMBER 1941
ONE MAN’S WAR: A WEHRMACHT SOLDIER’S DIARY OF THE RUSSIAN FRONT, 31 MARCH-26 SEPTEMBER 1942
MR CHURCHILL GOES TO MOSCOW, 12 AUGUST 1942
HOLOCAUST: SS EXECUTION OF JEWS IN THE UKRAINE, 5 OCTOBER 1942
RUSSIAN PRISONERS, JULY 1941
THE BATTLE FOR SEVASTAPOL, 7 JUNE-4 JULY 1942
STALINGRAD: “THE RAT WAR”, OCTOBER 1942
STALINGRAD: THE RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM, 8 JANUARY 1943
STALINGRAD: LAST LETTERS HOME, JANUARY 1943
STALINGRAD: THE SUFFERING OF THE GERMAN TROOPS, LATE JANUARY 1943
STALINGRAD: THE END
STALINGRAD: TAKEN PRISONER, 2 FEBRUARY 1943
PART V Banzai: The War in the Pacific, December 1941-June 1942
INTRODUCTION
PEARL HARBOR: THE VIEW FROM THE JAPANESE COCKPIT, 7 DECEMBER 1941
PEARL HARBOR: THE VIEW FROM THE GROUND, 7 DECEMBER 1941
CABLE: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL, 8 DECEMBER 1941
THE LOSS OF THE REPULSE AND PRINCE OF WALES, OFF THE COAST OF MALAYA, 10 DECEMBER 1941
FLYING TIGER: AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP PILOT IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE, 19 DECEMBER 1941
THE FALL OF SINGAPORE: A CIVILIAN DIARY, 9-15 FEBRUARY 1942
DEATH MARCH ON BATAAN: THE FIRST DAY, 10 APRIL 1942
BURMA: THE BATTLE OF THE OIL FIELDS, 18 APRIL 1942
RAID ON TOKYO, 18 APRIL 1942
BOOT CAMP: THE MAKING OF A MARINE, VIRGINIA, USA, 1942
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: A Gl WRITES HOME, MARCH 1942-JANUARY 1943
HOME FRONT: “JIM CROW” IN THE ARMY
BATTLE OF MIDWAY: ONE MAN’S DIARY, 4 JUNE 1942
MIDWAY: THE DECISIVE FIVE MINUTES, 4 JUNE 1942
Part VI Resistance & Reconquest - The War in Western and Southern Europe, November 1940-May 1945
INTRODUCTION
SWORDFISH ATTACK THE ITALIAN FLEET, TARANTO, 11 NOVEMBER 1940
LUNCH WITH DE GAULLE, London, 20 JANUARY 1941
ONE MAN’S WAR: THE DIARY OF A TRAINEE BOMBER PILOT, 26 JANUARY-18 MAY 1941
THE GERMAN AIRBORNE ASSAULT ON CRETE, 20 MAY 1941
HOLOCAUST: MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS AT DACHAU, 1941-45
A “CIRCUS” OVER FRANCE, AUGUST 1941
HOME FRONT: THE GREAT MAN CHASE, ENGLAND, DECEMBER 1941
ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ, 5 JANUARY 1942
NOTIFICATION OF THE DEATH OF ACTING SQUADRON LEADER ERNEST MASON, RAF, FEBRUARY 1942
RAID ON DIEPPE, 19 AUGUST 1942
THE TWATS IN THE OPS ROOM, 1942
HOLOCAUST: THE JEWS ARE ROUNDED UP, AMSTERDAM, 19 NOVEMBER 1942
OFFICER SELECTION, BRITAIN, 1943
ONE MAN’S WAR: AN AMERICAN AIRMAN’S LETTER, 1943
THE DAMBUSTERS RAID, Ruhr Valley, 16 MAY 1943
SICILY: AMERICAN COUNTER-ATTACK AT BIAZZA RIDGE, 9 JULY 1942
HOME FRONT: FIRESTORM IN HAMBURG, 27 JULY 1943
US BOMBERS RAID THE OIL REFINERIES AT PLOESTI, RUMANIA, 1 AUGUST 1943
THE RESCUE OF MUSSOLINI FROM GRAN SASSO, 12 SEPTEMBER 1943
THE LANDINGS AT SALERNO, 9 SEPTEMBER 1943
HOME FRONT: RACHEL THE RIVETER, SAN DIEGO, 1943
“WAITING, WAITING, WAITING”: THE LIFE OF A P.O.W., GERMANY, 1944
A RESISTANCE GROUP BLOWS UP A TRAIN, FRANCE, 1944
FLYING FOR THE FATHERLAND: A GERMAN FIGHTER PILOT INTERCEPTS HEAVY BOMBERS, 10-21 FEBRUARY 1944
COWARDICE, CASSINO, SPRING 1944
CASSINO: THE END, 16-18 MAY 1944
HOME FRONT: PURE HELL FOR A GUY NOT IN UNIFORM, CANADA, 1943
D-DAY: EMBARKATION, 4 JUNE 1944
IKE’S DAY BEFORE D-DAY, SHAEF ADVANCE (NEAR PORTSMOUTH), 5 JUNE 1944
D-DAY: A PARATROOPER LISTS HIS KIT, WELFORD AERODROME, 5 JUNE 1944
D-DAY: THE AIRBORNE LANDINGS, 6 JUNE 1944
D-DAY: THE LANDINGS, 6 JUNE 1944
ONE MAN’S WAR: A NORMANDY DIARY, 6 JUNE 1944-24 JUNE 1944
SNIPING, NORMANDY, 26 JUNE 1944
BUZZ BOMBS ON KENT, JUNE 1944
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ADOLF HITLER, EASTERN GERMANY, 20 JULY 1944
GUERILLA AMBUSH IN CRETE, AUGUST 1944
FALAISE: THE KILLING FIELD, 19 AUGUST 1944
ARNHEM: AT THE BRIDGE, 18-29 SEPTEMBER 1944
PROSTITUTION, NAPLES, 4 OCTOBER 1944
THE SUICIDE OF FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL, GERMANY, 14 OCTOBER 1944
HOLOCAUST: SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ, OCTOBER 1944
THE FALL OF AACHEN, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944
THE US ARMY SLOGS UP ITALY, WINTER 1944
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE: THE AFTERMATH, JANUARY 1945
CROSSING THE GERMAN BORDER, 28 FEBRUARY 1945
ONE MAN’S WAR: A G.I. FIGHTS HIS WAY INTO GERMANY MARCH-APRIL 1945
A BOMB HITS THE PROPAGANDA MINISTRY, BERLIN, 13 MARCH 1945
IN DYING WE LIVE: LAST TESTAMENT OF A DANISH ANTI-NAZI, 4 APRIL 1945
ITALIAN PARTISANS TAKE THEIR REVENGE, TRIESTE, 13 APRIL 1945
HOLOCAUST: A REPORTER VISITS BELSEN, 19 APRIL 1945
THE GERMAN ARMY SURRENDERS, LÜNEBERG HEATH, 3 MAY 1945
VICTORY IN EUROPE CELEBRATIONS, 8 MAY 1945
Part VII The Road to Berlin: The Eastern Front, February 1943-May 1945
INTRODUCTION
“CONCENTRATED SLAUGHTER”: A RUSSIAN CAVALRY AND TANK ATTACK, KORSUN, UKRAINE, 17 FEBRUARY 1943
CITADEL: TANK BATTLE AT KURSK, 4 JULY 1943
WOUNDED SS TROOPS, CHERKASSY, FEBRUARY 1944
ONE MAN’S WAR: AN UNFORTUNATE DAY ON THE EASTERN FRONT, JULY 1944
WARSAW UPRISING: A PARTISAN GROUP IS TRAPPED IN THE SEWERS, 26 SEPTEMBER 1944
GERMANS FLEEING THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE, DANZIG, 9 MARCH 1945
GOTTERDAMMERUNG: HITLER PLANS THE DESTRUCTION OF GERMANY, 18 MARCH 1945
A MEETING WITH HITLER, APRIL 1945
THE BATTLE OF BERLIN: SOVIET GUNS OPEN FIRE, 20 APRIL 1945
THE BATTLE OF BERLIN, 24 APRIL-1 MAY 1945
THE FALL OF BERLIN: A CITIZEN’S VIEW, 26 APRIL-1MAY 1945
BERLIN: SS FANATICS HOLD OUT AT THE REICHSTAG, 28 APRIL-1 MAY 1945
ORDER OF THE DAY NO. 369, 9 MAY 1945
Part VIII Setting Sun: The War in the Pacific, July 1942-September 1945
INTRODUCTION
THE DEFENCE OF HENDERSON FIELD, GUADALCANAL, 24 OCTOBER 1942
THE KOKODA TRAIL, NEW GUINEA, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1942
BEHIND ENEMY LINES: DEATH OF A FRIEND, BURMA, 3 APRIL 1943
AN ALLIED INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IS EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE, NEW GUINEA, 29 MARCH 1943
HOME FRONT: INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS, 1943
“ONE FOR EVERY SLEEPER”: FORCED LABOUR ON THE BURMA-SIAM RAILWAY, MAY 1943
A POSTCARD FROM A POW, 1943
A MARINE CORPS PILOT IS SHOT DOWN, BOUGAINVILLE, 3 JANUARY 1944
ONE MAN’S WAR: THE ARAKAN FRONT, BURMA, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1944
THE SKIRMISH AT ADMIN BOX, BURMA, 8 FEBRUARY 1944
CLOSE-QUARTER FIGHTING, BURMA, MARCH 1944
AN ENGLISH OFFICER ESCAPES THE JAPANESE, MALAYA, MAY 1944
LIFE IN A JAPANESE POW CAMP, JUNE 1944-AUGUST 1945
BAMBOO, DYSENTERY, LEECHES: A MARAUDER ON THE JUNGLE PATH, JULY 1944
ASSAULT INTO HELL: A MARINE LANDS ON PELELIU, 15 SEPTEMBER 1944
ONE MAN’S WAR: A MARINE WRITES HOME, 25 SEPTEMBER 1944
MARINES STORM A PILLBOX, NGESEBUS, 28 SEPTEMBER 1944
KAMIKAZE ATTACKS, LEYTE GULF, 27 NOVEMBER 1944
THE DAGGER DIVISION TAKES MANDALAY, 20 MARCH 1945
OKINAWA: AN INFANTRYMAN’S NIGHTMARE, APRIL 1945
“I SHALL FALL LIKE A BLOSSOM FROM A RADIANT CHERRY TREE”: A KAMIKAZE PILOT’S LAST LETTER, MAY 1945
THE ALLIES DECIDE TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN, POTSDAM, 25 JULY 1945
HIROSHIMA, 6 AUGUST 1945
NAGASAKI, 9 AUGUST 1945
Epilogue: The Execution of Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg, 1946
Sources and Acknowledgments
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