Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany (Historic Photos.)
by Bob Duncan
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Author: Bob DuncanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-14
ISBN: 1596523980
Number of pages: 205
Publisher: Turner Pub Co
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Book Review: Go through this collection of great photos and help the younger generations remember this important time in history
Summary: 5 Stars
I am from the generation whose fathers fought, flew, marched, and steamed their ships through the Second World War. The war was very much a topic of conversation as I grew up (as was Korea) and the many images of those years were everywhere. While there are many movies whose scenes fill-in the spaces the real pictures used to take, I believe that the images from Hollywood, television, and all other fictions should be kept apart and inferior to the read images.
This book is a wonderful collection of a couple hundred photos with great captions that explain what it is you are looking at. Bob Duncan has provided just enough text to help us without getting in the way of the images. The book is grouped in three sections and each has a page of prefatory material.
Some of the images, such as the Frenchman crying at the fall of France, were quite famous at one time. Others deserve to become prominent. I don't recall seeing Patton pinning the Silver Star on Private Ernest A. Jenkins before. It is one that should be front and center in the stories told about Patton to balance out those costly slapping incidents.
The aerial images are stunning and you will do well to have a magnifying glass on hand to see the parachutes and gliders abandoned on the ground. We see the soldiers and airmen on their way into battle, during the fighting, and after it. It is a very nice mixture of photos from Italy and from Normandy into Germany. You should have this on your shelf and go through it with every young person you know. This is a time that has to be remembered through more than just the fictions some people want to sell us. It was real and the reality has to be told to others and passed on in order to be remembered.
Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
Summary of Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany (Historic Photos.)
World War II was a monumental struggle against totalitarian nations that sought to enslave entire continents. For a few desperate years, it appeared they might succeed, but the forces of liberation mounted an unprecedented military response that ultimately triumphed against the tide of darkness.Historic Photos of World War II North Africa to Germany captures a portion of this epic story, told through still photography selected from the finest archives. From the rise of Nazi Germany through the great battles in North Africa, Italy, France, and beyond the Rhine, Historic Photos of World War II North Africa to Germany honors the struggle of those who liberated Western Europe, including those on the home front whose efforts provided warriors with the tools for victory.
This volume captures unique and rare scenes through hundreds of historic photographs, many never before published. Presented in striking black and white, these images are a tribute to the courageous men and women who fought for freedom and the photographers who recorded their story on film for future generations.
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