Politics, War, and Personality: Fifty Iconic World War II Documents That Changed the World - Hardcover

Rendell, Kenneth W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0794839428 ISBN 13: 9780794839420

Publisher: Whitman Pub Llc, 2013

Synopsis

From the best-selling author of World War II: Saving the Reality comes a new book that gathers 50 of the most important and iconic documents of the biggest war in human history. Kenneth W. Rendell tells the dramatic stories of these history-drenched documents, each one part of his outstanding collection in the Museum of World War II. Inside you'll find: A hand-written letter by Benito Mussolini, around 1908: "Life in this semi-wild village of my birth is beginning to weigh on me, and to get away from it I got and idea...." The 1933 order by which Hindenburg gave in to Adolf *'s demands - leading to what would be the last elections held in Weimar Germany. A program outlining the * Party's original platform, with a colored sketch by *. Franklin Roosevelt's letter to the people of France after their defeat by Germany. The first urgent message sent during the Japanese attack in 1941: "Air raid on Pearl Harbor X This is no drill." Japan's declaration of war against the United States. A poignant letter from General Dwight Eisenhower to his wife - the most revealing letter of a commander-in-chief in wartime. A letter from Winston Churchill to Josef Stalin, deciding the fate of Poland. The communique signed by Eisenhower, announcing the D-Day landings on the northern coast of France. A letter from General George S. Patton, describing the Battle of the Bulge - as it was happening. A note from Oscar Schindler, who saved Polish Hews by putting them on his list of "factory workers" - "Mrs. Kellner is to be considered a Swedish citizen and is to be exempted from bearing the distinctive Jewish sign." *'s order of March 30, 1945, one month before his *, ordering the fanatical defense of Berlin. A letter from Franklin Roosevelt, five days before his death, writing of "complete victory over our enemies." General MacArthur's draft of the surrender terms for Japan. Hermann Goering's detention report from Nuremberg

Edition details

• Publisher: Whitman Pub Llc
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0794839428
• ISBN 13: 9780794839420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120