Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
How to Evaluate Primary Documents
Chronology
DOCUMENTSThe Coming of War in Europe
1. Fascist Pageantry: William Shirer on the Nürnberg Rallies, 1934
2. Clare Hollingworth Describes the German Invasion of Poland, September 1939
3. W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"
From Poland to Pearl Harbor
4. Henry R. Luce, "The American Century," February 1941
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 Landings and 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 Ryoji 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, November–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
29. The Aryan Obsession: Heinrich Himmler, Order to the Members of the German SS and Police, October 28, 1939
30. The British Home Front: Recollections of Pamela Lazarus, October 10, 2001
31. Women and Work: Oral History of Lola Weixel
32. Racial Conflicts in the U.S. Army: Recollections of Allen Thompson, 758th Tank Battalion
Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the Text
Bibliography
Index