World War II Day by Day

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Summary: The Unfolding Conflict
Review: Born to freedom, and believing in freedom, Americans are willing to fight to maintain freedom...we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

It may seem strange to review a book about peace and then a book about war, but by looking at where we have been, perhaps we can have a more peaceful future. This is really a book about the desire for peace and unfortunately freedom is not always free.

While we may feel we live in relative peace, those who lived through World War II made enormous sacrifices. This is the story of the people who lived, died and became heroes for their bravery.

This book covers the war on a day-by-day basis in a newspaper style. The first 661 pages chronicle the war and then there is a smaller section for the Aftermath of War, Timelines and a Who's Who section filled with Biographies of key personnel. This is the first book I've ever found that actually puts the entire war in perspective. This is not just about war itself, but also covers interesting aspects of home life. What happened when a family lost all their furniture in an air raid? Why was chocolate rationed? How did spiders help the war effort?

Each page is covered in pictures, posters, advertising, maps, timelines, etc.

Even as someone who is not interested in war itself, I did find this book interesting from an historical perspective.

After reading this book, all I could think was:

Peace comes
on little cat feet.

It sits purring
over body and soul
in curled content
and then slips away.
~Ebby Malmgren

~TheRebeccaReview.com


Rating:
Summary: Fantastic resource for WW2 buffs
Review: I am researching for and writing a World War II novel. In collecting materials I had DREAMS about a book like this! When I found it, it was like a book just MADE for what I wanted: a detailed daily account of the war. I have read literally dozens of books about WW2, but I have never found a resource as invaluable as this one. There are stories and information in it that I have never seen anywhere else.

Rating:
Summary: More interesting than fiction
Review: This is one of the most engaging and brilliant books I've ever read...and all of it true.

I used to read a few pages of this book before I went to bed, aglow with the comprehensive level of research and quality level of writing. From the disaster of Dunkirk to the siege of Leningrad, from the pivotal Battle of the Coral Sea to the systematic genocide of the Jews and other peoples, this book has it all. It remains as objective as possible in telling the facts without resorting to rationalization (e.g. there is no attempted mitigation of atrocities).

I honestly can say that I have read few more interesting books, and it is certainly the best non-fiction book I have ever chanced upon, telling one of the greatest stories the world has ever known with the utmost clarity. 10/10

Rating:
Summary: Deep and comprehensive
Review: Very interesting book for every person interested in World War II. You live through weeks of war again. The book is like a documentary and it doesn't paint everything black and white letting you create your own opinion about things happened.
This book is different from other books when author tells only about events he thought were significant. It's more like reading through someone's collection of clippings from years of war.
A must have!

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Summary: A chance to live (or re-live) World War II
Review: World War II: Day by Day is a strikingly useful compilation of important events duing the second world war. It's unusual in two ways: First it focuses on ALL important events in those years, so you can find out, for example, when women started painting stocking seams on their legs as well as the date Rommel captured Tobruk. It's more than a list of important battles and important American political events--this book covers the various home fronts and the various battle fronts.

The second reason this book is invaluable is that it is organized by date, rather than subject. You can glance through the pages and have a decent thumbnail sketch of what happened in any month of the war. This makes the war years understandable without wading through a million books.

The layout is similar to news releases, so each page looks like a newspaper (although they are not authentic newspaper articles).

It must have taken years to compile this book. Serious students will find it useful as will those who just want a general snapshot of important events.

Rating:
Summary: A chance to live (or re-live) World War II
Review: World War II: Day by Day is a strikingly useful compilation of important events duing the second world war. It's unusual in two ways: First it focuses on ALL important events in those years, so you can find out, for example, when women started painting stocking seams on their legs as well as the date Rommel captured Tobruk. It's more than a list of important battles and important American political events--this book covers the various home fronts and the various battle fronts.

The second reason this book is invaluable is that it is organized by date, rather than subject. You can glance through the pages and have a decent thumbnail sketch of what happened in any month of the war. This makes the war years understandable without wading through a million books.

The layout is similar to news releases, so each page looks like a newspaper (although they are not authentic newspaper articles).

It must have taken years to compile this book. Serious students will find it useful as will those who just want a general snapshot of important events.