World War II

"How is the Second World War best remembered? Not in terms of strategic battles but as a great turning point in world history, recorded through the personal records, diaries and speeches of those who stood witness. This ... volume shares ... the individual accounts of over 200 people who saw the events unfold ... Includes entries from Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Generals Patton and MacArthur and Erwin Rommel, as well as the private, harrowing moments of ordinary people -- the soldier, the conscript, the housewife, and the POW"--Page 4 of cover.