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    Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany
    Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany
    Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany
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    Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany

    By Bob Duncan

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    World War II was a conflict that split a majority of the world's nations into two opposing sides, the Allies and the Axis. Spanning much of the globe, World War II resulted in the deaths of more than 60 million people, making it the deadliest conflict in history. From the rise of Hitler to the collapse of Nazi Germany, this is a story of the liberation of Western Europe.

    With approximately 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany shows dramatic shots of these historical events in stunning black and white photography and is a must-have for any American history buff!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateSep 1, 2007
    ISBN9781618587015
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      Book preview

      Historic Photos of World War II - Bob Duncan

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      Turner Publishing Company

      200 4th Avenue North • Suite 950

      Nashville, Tennessee 37219

      (615) 255-2665

      www.turnerpublishing.com

      Historic Photos of World War II North Africa to Germany

      Copyright © 2007 Turner Publishing Company

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted

      in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including

      photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval

      system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929603

      9781618587015

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      PREFACE

      AT WAR WITH FASCISM - (JANUARY 1933–JUNE 1944)

      THE GREAT CRUSADE - (JUNE–DECEMBER 1944)

      HARD ROADS TO VICTORY - (DECEMBER 1944–APRIL 1945)

      NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

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      Private First Class Lloyd Hawks of Minnesota receives the Congressional Medal of Honor directly from the hands of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hawks, a medic on the Italian front, saved the lives of three men who lay within thirty yards of a German machine-gun emplacement. The Germans continued to fire on him, and in spite of a shattered hip and a broken arm from their fire, he managed to drag all of them to safety.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This volume, Historic Photos of World War II North Africa to Germany, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals, organizations, and corporations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:

      Minnesota Historical Society

      National Archives

      Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor

      The Roger-Viollet Agency in Paris, France

      U.S. Army Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

      PREFACE

      It is impossible to discuss world history during the twentieth century without coming quickly to the Second World War. Verbal superlatives always seem to fail in description of the period. It was the world nearly destroyed, and the world remade. It was the ending of innumerable old orders, and the birth of many new ones. It extinguished some evils and released others. The world we live in today was largely made by that war. Its millions upon millions of victims still cry out in many ways to be heard. The scope and breadth of the conflict is nearly impossible to contemplate as a whole. It can only be grasped in parts.

      This book is about just a few of those parts. They are important parts—crucial even, but still just parts. This book is about the American military’s role in the liberation of an entire continent. It is about the necessity to smash that continent—brick by brick—in order to save the bulk of its people. This book is about the people of Europe, driven to misery and desolation by one howling-mad dictator and the mass insanity of his nation. The day finally came when those enslaved people emerged from the rubble to witness the coming of the American Army in its might and glory to sweep the misbegotten Nazi empire into the dustbin of history. It is about the rescue of millions, near starvation and nearly beyond hope. It is about the rescue of Germany itself from its own madness.

      Other nations also played important roles in that liberation. Even within the occupied nations, partisans fought back against the occupiers. It is not the intent here to diminish the courageous actions and sacrifices of America’s allies. Rather, just as a photographer may focus on one soldier out of thousands to tell a story, so too this book focuses on America’s role in destroying fascism and bringing liberation.

      Throughout history, the approach of soldiers has meant looting, destruction, rape and abject misery. Almost invariably, armies have carved a path of desolation in every place their grimy fingers touched. But the coming of American soldiers brought chocolate bars, cigarettes, chewing gum and the heady, intoxicating taste of freedom. In the last days, when Holland faced real starvation, Army Air Force bombers dropped canisters of lard and soda crackers to sustain the population against the coming day of their liberation.

      American GIs, often resentful at being dragged into this war, advanced across the continent, grumbling and griping all the way, defeating the vaunted German army at every turn. They were soldiers

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