The intent of this blog is to provide an historical overview of World War II from the perspective of seeing it as 'daily news events' as those living and understanding worldview political events and their personal impact would have at the time had they the front-line information presented as 'news'. Secondary will be modern news events as we pass through this time exactly 7 decades later, and we witness the last survivors as they leave our generations the world that they fought for to preserve and create in their youth.
Most quoted material published in this blog are copied/edited articles garnered from the internet (credited where published and easily found), Wikipedia (used mainly for research of details, not necessarily 'facts' or the events themselves), and various WWII history books already published and noted below. Photos inserted are from reduced size/quality found through general Google Image search, most not copyrighted and/or available under Creative Commons License to display publicly without monetary gain. For any images that may have been copyrighted, my apologies to the original photographer, subject, or inheritor, but I copied these photos for my own personal database of images and did not keep records of which were or were not copyrighted. There are no plans to use Google Adsense or other means of profiting from entries in this blog (Marketing a personal novel I am writing, for stores or collectors related to WWII, or linking to other related sites is something I may include at a later time). I apologize in advance that some articles may not receive credit or list references due to my inexperience, lack of knowledge, or general laziness (this blog is hard enough to compile the info and post it).
A short list of published book sources follows, any of which I recommend reading:
- "World War II: A Day-By-Day History" ,60th Anniversary Ltd.Ed. edited by Peter Darman
- "101st Airborne in Normandy: A History in Period Photographs" by Dominique Francois, published by Schiffer Military History 2006
- "D-Day: Utah Beach" by Joseph Balkoski, published by Stackpole Books 2005
- "Blitzkrieg: The Unpublished Photographs 1939-1942" by Ian Baxter, published by Barnes & Noble Books 2002
- "Arnhem: Operation Market Garden, Sept 1944" by Lloyd Clark, published by Sutton Publishing 2002
- "82nd Airborne in Normandy: A History in Period Photographs" by Dominique Francoise, published by Schiffer Military History 2006
- "D-Day Atlas" by Charles Messenger, published by Thames & Hudson 2004
- "A Time For Trumpets: The Untold Story Of The Battle Of The Bulge" by Charles B. MacDonald, published by Perrenial/Harper Collins 1997
- "The Longest Day" by Cornelius Ryan, published by Simon & Schuster 1974
- "A Bridge Too Far" by Cornelius Ryan, published by Simon & Schuster 1974
- "The Good War" by Studs Terkel, published by The New Press 1984
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World War 2 changed the current political and social landscape of our modern world. Highlighted are events week by week on the dates they happened, 65-70 years ago.
