| Description |
644 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
I. Early European Dispatches -- II. The Fall of Greece -- III. Canopies over Crete -- IV. The de Gaulle Debacle in Brazzaville -- V. The Belgian Campaign in Ethiopia -- VI. "In Darkest Africa" -- VII. With Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa -- VIII. Singapore Is Silent -- IX. The Collapse of Java -- X. "Luck to the Fighters!" -- XI. The Defense of Australia -- XII. Somewhere in New Guinea -- XIII. The Struggle for the Islands -- XIV. Bases Overseas -- XV. The Home Front -- XVI. Flak over Italy -- XVII. The Liberation of Greece -- XVIII. Across the Middle East -- XIX. From Burma to China -- XX. Japan Defeated |
| Summary |
Vivid and heart-stopping, the dispatches of World War II reporter George Weller are immortalized in a new collection--edited by his son--of wartime reports that give firsthand accounts of the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Maps on lining pages |
| Subject |
Weller, George, 1907-2002.
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War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Asia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Author |
Weller, Anthony, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2008039988 |
| ISBN |
0307406555 |
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9780307406552 |
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