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The Story of World War II is a completely rewritten, expanded, and updated version-more than 75 percent new-of the classic narrative of the war that captures all the immediacy of the original work and contains hundreds of new firsthand accounts. In late 1945, Henry Steele Commager finished... read more
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People edit
- William Halsey, Jr.: ‘Bull’ Halsey (1882-1959) American admiral. During World War II he commanded the South Pacific Area during the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan. Later he was commander of the Third Fleet through the duration of hostilities.
- Douglas MacArthur: (1880-1964)American military officer. From 1919 to 1922, MacArthur served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he attempted a series of reforms. His next assignment was in the Philippines, where in 1924 he was instrumental in quelling the Philippine Scout Mutiny. In 1925, he became the Army's youngest major general. In 1930, he became Chief of Staff of the United States Army. As such, he was involved with the expulsion of the Bonus Army protesters from Washington, D.C., in 1932, and the establishment and organization of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1937 to become Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines. MacArthur was recalled to active duty in 1941 as commander of U.S. Army Forces Far East. A series of disasters followed, starting with the destruction of his air force on 8 December 1941, and the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese. MacArthur's forces were soon compelled to withdraw to Bataan, where they held out until May 1942. In March 1942, MacArthur, his family and his staff left Corregidor Island in PT boats, and escaped to Australia, where MacArthur became Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area. He officially accepted Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945, and oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951.
- Dwight David Eisenhower: (1890-1969) American military officer and 34th President of the United States. During World War II, he was the Supreme Allied Commander of the forces in Europe.
- James H. Doolittle: Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993) American pioneer aviator. During World War II he was an officer in the Army Air Force. He is most famous for leading the first offensive raid on the Japanese homeland in early 1942 while a lieutenant colonel.
- Chester W. Nimitz: (1885-1966) American admiral. A five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. He served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 until 1947.
- Adolf Hitler: Add a description of this character.
- Marc Mitscher: ‘Pete’ Mitscher (1887-1947) American admiral. Commander of the Fast Carrier task force.
- Isoroku Yamamoto: (1884-1943) Japanese Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
- Joseph Stilwell: ‘Vinegar Joe’ Stilwell (1883-1946) American Army general. During World War II he commanded allied forces in the China Burma India Theater.
- Sweeney
- Henry H. Arnold: ‘Hap’ Arnold (1886-1950) American aviation pioneer. He was Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, the only Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only person to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services.
- Thomas C. Kinkaid: (1888-1972) American Admiral. Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the last naval battle between battleships in history.
- Robert Sherrod
- Churchill
- Bradley
- Mussolini
- Harris
- Crowe
- Paul Tibbets
- Ernie Pyle
- George Patton
- Roosevelt
- Baker
- Eichelberger
- Geddes
- Newcomb
- Higgins
- Ciardi
- Mark Clark
- James Jones
- Beahan
- Ozawa
- George Marshall
- Ashworth
- Holland
- Lester Tenney
- Spaatz
- Erwin Rommel
- Nagumo
- Wainwright
- Patrick
- Stalin
- Rosenthal
- Serrano
- Truman
Setting & Locations edit
- Japan
- Germany
- Pacific
- Italy
- France
- Saipan
- Tokyo
- Guadalcanal
- Tarawa
- Okinawa
- Peleliu
- Europe
- United States
- Britain
- Berlin
- England
- America
- Tinian
- Normandy
- Russia
- Poland
- London
- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
- New Guinea
- Guam
- China
- Manila
- Betio
- Marianas
- Moscow
- Rome
- Iwo Jima
- Luzon
- Atlantic
- North Africa
- New York
- Leningrad
- Australia
- Paris
- Corregidor
- Pearl Harbor
- Dresden
- Burma
- Hawaii
- Washington
- Dunkirk
- Sicily
- Tunisia
First Sentence edit
Before dawn of September 1, 1939, clouds of bombers and fighters flew eastward into the skies over Poland, raining death and destruction on helpless towns and villages, on airfields, railroads, bridges, and factories.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Donald L. Miller (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743211987
Page Count: 576
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743211987
Page Count: 576
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 940.53
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