The day war ended : voices and memories from 1945.

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9780297844174

Publication Date:

2005

Publication Information:

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.

Physical Description:

311 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.

Abstract:

The day war ended in Europe and the Far East was a day etched in the memory of those who fought and those who endured at home. This book looks at these reminiscences, as heightened emotions give force to a cataclysmic moment in history.

Subject Term:

V-E Day, 1945.

V-J Day, 1945.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Armistices.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.

History.

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940.512 DAY

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30116014300626

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On the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, survivors recount their personal experiences of that momentous occasion, telling their stories of where they were and how they felt the moment the war ended. Whether in Europe or the Far East, whether their war ended in May or August, the survivors' testimonies tell a unique tale. These very personal memories are from every theater of war and from every side, on the front line and the home front, combatants and civilians alike. This is not the war as told by historians, but the intimate stories of those who were there, and what it felt like.

Dame Vera LynnElsie BrownDorothea von SchwanenfluegelIvan BichenkoLothar LoeweUnknownHeinz BarthelJanina BaumanTom SmithWalter MorisonCharlie HobbsDennis Hutton-FoxGiorgio Geddes Da FilicaiaHubert SchmidtMichael LewisWarren DunnLeslie SpiroLeo LowyJanusz KorzeniewskiLucien HutHelene DelattreDavid ParkerWinifred BashamNella LastTony BennEdna StaffordAlbert RickettsJoan StyanQueen Elizabeth IIEdith PargeterKing George VIWinston Churchill (Jr)Mary SawyerSir Henry ChannonHarold NicolsonElizabeth Layton NelSheila GaylorMarie AgazarianOdell JohnsonSuzanne SamsonRon GoldsteinSam BeazleyPatricia DaviesFreddy DykeFrances PartridgeAlbert MorrowKathleen LydonRuth IveMary PolizziMilton LipsonElsie OwensJoseph HellerPatsy GiacchiArthur BarracloughHarry FreeLord CarringtonLord WeidenfeldEdward PalmerEdmund De RothschildArthur Farrand RadleyPierre ClostermannMarguerite DiddenViolette WassemDavid LangdonRenee ChabanneDuff CooperRolf WeinbergMary PettitIan CarmichaelStephen DaleClifford BaileyHugh JohnsonPhil LoffmanJames EvansCech HolnessFather HilaryJohn DaviesJean BartleRoger FreemanWyn EdwardsMalcolm GuthrieDavid HunterElizabeth ChampionKeith HinchcliffeEdith OlivierMary EdwardsNora HorganKees VanderheydenJuliusz JasiewiczYelena DavydovaGrigory SorokinYuri GribovAnne SomerhausenPhilip KellyCarmella DightCelina LiebermanTerry ShawLen ScottMariette RozenJames RoffeyEd EvansHeidi KirschJohn Hall-WilliamsVictor BreitburgWillie GlaserDavid BradfordKenneth BungardEduard WinklerKenneth AmbroseHanna Zbirohowska-KosciaBill GluckUnknownDanuta KujawinskaJulia FleischerErwin GrubbaClive DunnWinifred BashamJames PembertonFred NealeLorna JohnstonTakashi NagaiNoel CowardRoger StandstedtSadao ObaJohn BrownEdward WadingtonDavid Douglas DuncanKenneth WatersonSally Hitchcock PullmanGeorge ZabelkaEugene EckstamShuichiro YoshinoMasao HirakuboCharles WhiteheadAnton BilekReg RainerShogo IltoyoPeter HadlowWilliam WinterDiana LindoLord HeseltineRuth PartingtonSidney NuttallNorah McgreigHenry PhillipsTimuel BlackGeorge E SchuppFaith McNulty MartinDorothy GoddardEdith ShainYvonne and June BradleySvea HendryHideko NagaiStanley JonesNancy Arnot HarjanCharles HlkadyVincent HarrisonDavid GentlemanW F DeedesFrancis CammaertsSir Tam DalyellJohn KellyWinifred Basham

Foreword	p. 8
Chapter 1 'The War's Turning Point has Come'
Home Front, Britain	p. 22
Home Front, Germany	p. 23
Front Line, Germany	p. 26
Front Line, Germany	p. 28
Front Line, Central Europe	p. 32
Home Front, Germany	p. 33
Refugee, Poland	p. 35
Prisoner of War, Germany	p. 38
Prisoner of War, Germany	p. 39
Prisoner of War, Germany	p. 42
Prisoner of War, Italy	p. 43
Armed Forces, Italy	p. 47
Front Line, Denmark	p. 51
Armed Forces, Denmark	p. 54
Armed Forces, Germany	p. 55
Concentration Camp, Poland	p. 59
Concentration Camp, Poland	p. 61
Concentration Camp, Poland	p. 63
Home Front, Holland	p. 64
Home Front, France	p. 66
Prisoner of War, Germany	p. 67
Home Front, Britain	p. 70
Chapter 2 'This is your Victory!'
Home Front, Britain	p. 78
Armed Forces, Palestine	p. 79
Armed Forces, France	p. 80
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 84
Home Front, Britain	p. 85
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 86
Home Front, Britain	p. 88
Home Front, Britain	p. 89
Home Front, Britain	p. 90
Home Front, Britain	p. 91
Home Front, Britain	p. 91
Home Front, Britain	p. 94
Home Front, Britain	p. 96
Home Front, Britain	p. 97
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 99
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 102
Refugee, Britain	p. 103
Front Line, Italy	p. 104
Front Line, Italy	p. 104
Home Front, Britain	p. 106
Home Front, Britain	p. 109
Home Front, Britain	p. 110
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 112
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 113
Home Front, Britain	p. 114
Home Front, United States	p. 120
Armed Forces, United States	p. 120
Home Front, United States	p. 121
Armed Forces, United States	p. 121
Front Line, Germany	p. 123
Prisoner of War, Austria	p. 126
Front Line, Germany	p. 127
Front Line, Germany	p. 128
Home Front, Britain	p. 132
Front Line, Germany	p. 132
Armed Forces, Italy	p. 133
Front Line, Italy	p. 134
Front Line, Germany	p. 135
Home Front, Britain	p. 138
Home Front, France	p. 140
Front Line, France	p. 142
Home Front, France	p. 142
Home Front, France	p. 143
Armed Forces, France	p. 146
Front Line, Belgium	p. 147
Front Line, Holland	p. 149
Prisoner of War, Germany	p. 151
Prisoner of War, Japan	p. 152
Home Front, Britain	p. 153
Prisoner of War, Central Europe	p. 153
Armed Forces, India	p. 155
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 155
Home Front, Britain	p. 156
Home Front, Britain	p. 157
Home Front, Britain	p. 160
Home Front, Britain	p. 160
Home Front, Britain	p. 164
Armed Forces, Denmark	p. 165
Home Front, Britain	p. 166
Home Front, Britain	p. 167
Home Front, Britain	p. 168
Home Front, Britain	p. 169
Home Front, Britain	p. 170
Home Front, Ireland	p. 171
Home Front, Holland	p. 171
Armed Forces, At Sea	p. 172
Home Front, Ukraine	p. 174
Armed Forces, Russia	p. 175
Front Line, Germany	p. 179
Home Front, Belgium	p. 180
Home Front, Britain	p. 181
Home Front, Yugoslavia	p. 182
Refugee, Ukraine	p. 183
Front Line, At Sea	p. 185
Armed Forces, Italy	p. 186
Refugee, Belgium	p. 189
Home Front, Britain	p. 191
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 195
Home Front, Germany	p. 195
Humanitarian Relief, Germany	p. 198
Concentration Camp, Poland	p. 199
Front Line, Germany	p. 200
Humanitarian Relief, Germany	p. 202
Front Line, Poland	p. 202
Prisoner of War, France	p. 203
Armed Forces, Germany	p. 204
Prisoner of War, Germany	p. 205
Concentration Camp, Germany	p. 209
Home Front, Czechoslovakia	p. 213
Refugee, Germany	p. 214
Concentration Camp, Germany	p. 218
Prisoner of War, Britain	p. 224
Prisoner of War, Austria	p. 226
Home Front, Britain	p. 228
Chapter 3 'Today the Guns Are Silent'
Front Line, At Sea	p. 234
Prisoner of War, Japan	p. 236
Prisoner of War, Japan	p. 237
Home Front, Japan	p. 238
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 239
Front Line, Pacific	p. 239
Front Line, Indonesia	p. 242
Prisoner of War, Japan	p. 244
Front Line, Pacific	p. 245
Armed Forces, Japan	p. 247
Armed Forces, Ceylon	p. 253
Armed Forces, Philippines	p. 256
Armed Forces, Pacific	p. 257
Front Line, Philippines	p. 258
Prisoner of War, Burma	p. 260
Front Line, Burma	p. 261
Prisoner of War, Indonesia	p. 263
Prisoner of War, Japan	p. 263
Prisoner of War, Japan	p. 266
Prisoner of War, Indonesia	p. 268
Prisoner of War, Singapore	p. 272
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 275
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 276
Home Front, Britain	p. 277
Home Front, Britain	p. 280
Armed Forces, France	p. 282
Armed Forces, Italy	p. 283
Front Line, Hong Kong	p. 284
Armed Forces, At Sea	p. 285
Front Line, Pacific	p. 286
Armed Forces, At Sea	p. 287
Home Front, United States	p. 287
Home Front, United States	p. 290
Home Front, Britain	p. 290
Home Front, Canada	p. 294
Prisoner of War, Burma	p. 295
Home Front, Britain	p. 297
Home Front, United States	p. 298
Front Line, Japan	p. 299
Home Front, Britain	p. 300
Home Front, Britain	p. 301
Armed Forces, Britain	p. 304
Front Line, Germany	p. 305
Home Front, Britain	p. 306
Home Front, Britain	p. 307
Home Front, Britain	p. 308
Acknowledgements	p. 310

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