Bibliograph

World War II reference library, George Feldman, Kelly King Howes, Barbara C. Bigelow ; edited by Christine Slovey

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Label

World War II reference library, George Feldman, Kelly King Howes, Barbara C. Bigelow ; edited by Christine Slovey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

World War II reference library

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

62158402

Responsibility statement

George Feldman, Kelly King Howes, Barbara C. Bigelow ; edited by Christine Slovey

Series statement

Gale eBooks

Summary

Provides background and information on major topics about the World War II period, biographies of significant men and women involved in the war, and primary sources such as full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts and other original documents

Table Of Contents

Vol. 1-2. Almanac: Background to war -- The beginning of the war in Europe -- The war expands -- Japan attacks and America goes to war -- The home front -- Europe under occupation -- The Holocaust -- The impact of total war -- The Allies and the Axis -- Turning points: the Allies begin to win the war -- The great invasion: Operation Overlord -- The defeat of Germany -- The war against Japan -- The defeat of Japan -- Spies and scientists -- Art, entertainment, and propaganda -- The world after the warVol. 3. Biographies: Frank Capra -- Neville Chamberlain -- Chiang Kai-Shek -- Winston Churchill -- Jacqueline Cochran -- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. -- Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. -- Charles de Gaulle -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Hermann Goring -- Hirohito -- Adolf Hitler -- Oveta Culp Hobby -- Franz Jaggerstatter -- Fred T. Korematsu -- Douglas MacArthur -- George C. Marshall -- Bernard Montgomery -- Benito Mussolini -- The Navajo Code Talkers -- J. Robert Oppenheimer -- George S. Patton -- Ernie Pyle -- Jeannette Rankin -- Erwin Rommel -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Joseph Stalin -- Edith Stein -- Dorothy Thompson -- Hideki Tojo -- Harry S. TrumanVol. 4. Primary sources: Intensification -- Winston Churchill -- Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Adolf Hitler -- Herbert A. Werner -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Home front -- Catherine "Renee" Young Pike -- Jerry Stanley -- The human cost -- Ruth Minsky Sender -- Harry S. Truman -- Rodney Barker -- Ernie Pyle -- World War II nurses -- Breakthrough -- Veterans of D-Day -- Stephen E. Ambrose -- E. B. Sledge -- Harry S. Truman

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World War IIWorld War TwoWorld War 2

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