Priscilla Roberts, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong and honorary director of the University's Centre of American Studies.

Students in AP history and literature classes and general library users who want to read words from those who lived through the war years will find this a useful resource.

• PrefaceIntroductionHow to Evaluate Primary DocumentsChronologyDOCUMENTSThe Coming of War in Europe1. Fascist Pageantry: William Shirer on the Nürnberg Rallies, 19342. Clare Hollingworth Describes the German Invasion of Poland, September 19393. W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"From Poland to Pearl Harbor4. Henry R. Luce, "The American Century," February 19415. "America First": U.S. Opposition to Intervention in World War II: Charles A. Lindbergh, Radio Address, April 23, 19416. Mitsuo Fuchida's Recollections of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 19417. Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy": December 7, 1941Fighting the War8. The Siege of Leningrad: Diary of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, March–May 19429. A Russian "Night Witch": Reminiscences of Lieutenant Olga Lisikova, Pilot, Commander of Douglas C-47 Aircraft10. The Eastern Front: Recollections of Hans Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld on the German Occupation11. The Eastern Front: Reminiscences of General Aleksey Kirillovich Gorlinskiy on the Soviet Advance, 1944–194512. D-Day: Diaries of Forrest C. Pogue13. German Infantryman Robert Vogt Describes the D-Day Landings and the Normandy Campaign14. David K. E. Bruce Describes the Liberation of Paris, August 24–25, 1944Technology and Air Power15. Letter from an American Bomber Pilot: Robert S. Raymond to Betty Raymond, January 27, 194316. Will of Kamikaze Pilot Ryoji Uehara, Late 1944 or Early 194517. Father Johannes A. Siemes Recalls the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima of August 6, 194518. Toshikazu Kase, Account of the Japanese Surrender Ceremony, September 2, 1945Wartime Victims and Survivors19. A Pacifist Point of View: Rev. Arle Brooks, Statement upon His Conviction for Draft Evasion, January 194120. Conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Diary of Stanislaw Rozycki, November–December 194121. The Final Solution: Minutes of the Wannsee Protocol, January 20, 194222. Conspiracies of Silence: Oral History of Martin Koller on German Massacres of Jews23. The Internment of Japanese Americans: Recollections of Mary Tsukamoto24. Roy M. "Max" Offerle Recalls Working on the Burma–Thailand "Death" Railway25. Japan's Occupation of the Philippines: Claro M. Recto to Lt. Gen. Takaji Wachi, June 15, 194426. Japanese Biological Experiments: Testimony of Anonymous Hygiene Specialist of Unit 73127. Comfort Women: Account of Ms. K, an Anonymous Korean Woman28. German Women in Wartime: Reminiscences of Juliane HartmannThe War's Social and Economic Impact29. The Aryan Obsession: Heinrich Himmler, Order to the Members of the German SS and Police, October 28, 193930. The British Home Front: Recollections of Pamela Lazarus, October 10, 200131. Women and Work: Oral History of Lola Weixel32. Racial Conflicts in the U.S. Army: Recollections of Allen Thompson, 758th Tank BattalionAppendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the TextAppendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the TextBibliographyIndex

Priscilla Roberts, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong and honorary director of the University's Centre of American Studies.

Students in AP history and literature classes and general library users who want to read words from those who lived through the war years will find this a useful resource.

• PrefaceIntroductionHow to Evaluate Primary DocumentsChronologyDOCUMENTSThe Coming of War in Europe1. Fascist Pageantry: William Shirer on the Nürnberg Rallies, 19342. Clare Hollingworth Describes the German Invasion of Poland, September 19393. W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"From Poland to Pearl Harbor4. Henry R. Luce, "The American Century," February 19415. "America First": U.S. Opposition to Intervention in World War II: Charles A. Lindbergh, Radio Address, April 23, 19416. Mitsuo Fuchida's Recollections of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 19417. Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy": December 7, 1941Fighting the War8. The Siege of Leningrad: Diary of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, March–May 19429. A Russian "Night Witch": Reminiscences of Lieutenant Olga Lisikova, Pilot, Commander of Douglas C-47 Aircraft10. The Eastern Front: Recollections of Hans Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld on the German Occupation11. The Eastern Front: Reminiscences of General Aleksey Kirillovich Gorlinskiy on the Soviet Advance, 1944–194512. D-Day: Diaries of Forrest C. Pogue13. German Infantryman Robert Vogt Describes the D-Day Landings and the Normandy Campaign14. David K. E. Bruce Describes the Liberation of Paris, August 24–25, 1944Technology and Air Power15. Letter from an American Bomber Pilot: Robert S. Raymond to Betty Raymond, January 27, 194316. Will of Kamikaze Pilot Ryoji Uehara, Late 1944 or Early 194517. Father Johannes A. Siemes Recalls the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima of August 6, 194518. Toshikazu Kase, Account of the Japanese Surrender Ceremony, September 2, 1945Wartime Victims and Survivors19. A Pacifist Point of View: Rev. Arle Brooks, Statement upon His Conviction for Draft Evasion, January 194120. Conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Diary of Stanislaw Rozycki, November–December 194121. The Final Solution: Minutes of the Wannsee Protocol, January 20, 194222. Conspiracies of Silence: Oral History of Martin Koller on German Massacres of Jews23. The Internment of Japanese Americans: Recollections of Mary Tsukamoto24. Roy M. "Max" Offerle Recalls Working on the Burma–Thailand "Death" Railway25. Japan's Occupation of the Philippines: Claro M. Recto to Lt. Gen. Takaji Wachi, June 15, 194426. Japanese Biological Experiments: Testimony of Anonymous Hygiene Specialist of Unit 73127. Comfort Women: Account of Ms. K, an Anonymous Korean Woman28. German Women in Wartime: Reminiscences of Juliane HartmannThe War's Social and Economic Impact29. The Aryan Obsession: Heinrich Himmler, Order to the Members of the German SS and Police, October 28, 193930. The British Home Front: Recollections of Pamela Lazarus, October 10, 200131. Women and Work: Oral History of Lola Weixel32. Racial Conflicts in the U.S. Army: Recollections of Allen Thompson, 758th Tank BattalionAppendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the TextAppendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the TextBibliographyIndex

Priscilla Roberts, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong and honorary director of the University's Centre of American Studies.

Students in AP history and literature classes and general library users who want to read words from those who lived through the war years will find this a useful resource.

• PrefaceIntroductionHow to Evaluate Primary DocumentsChronologyDOCUMENTSThe Coming of War in Europe1. Fascist Pageantry: William Shirer on the Nürnberg Rallies, 19342. Clare Hollingworth Describes the German Invasion of Poland, September 19393. W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"From Poland to Pearl Harbor4. Henry R. Luce, "The American Century," February 19415. "America First": U.S. Opposition to Intervention in World War II: Charles A. Lindbergh, Radio Address, April 23, 19416. Mitsuo Fuchida's Recollections of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 19417. Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy": December 7, 1941Fighting the War8. The Siege of Leningrad: Diary of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, March–May 19429. A Russian "Night Witch": Reminiscences of Lieutenant Olga Lisikova, Pilot, Commander of Douglas C-47 Aircraft10. The Eastern Front: Recollections of Hans Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld on the German Occupation11. The Eastern Front: Reminiscences of General Aleksey Kirillovich Gorlinskiy on the Soviet Advance, 1944–194512. D-Day: Diaries of Forrest C. Pogue13. German Infantryman Robert Vogt Describes the D-Day Landings and the Normandy Campaign14. David K. E. Bruce Describes the Liberation of Paris, August 24–25, 1944Technology and Air Power15. Letter from an American Bomber Pilot: Robert S. Raymond to Betty Raymond, January 27, 194316. Will of Kamikaze Pilot Ryoji Uehara, Late 1944 or Early 194517. Father Johannes A. Siemes Recalls the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima of August 6, 194518. Toshikazu Kase, Account of the Japanese Surrender Ceremony, September 2, 1945Wartime Victims and Survivors19. A Pacifist Point of View: Rev. Arle Brooks, Statement upon His Conviction for Draft Evasion, January 194120. Conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Diary of Stanislaw Rozycki, November–December 194121. The Final Solution: Minutes of the Wannsee Protocol, January 20, 194222. Conspiracies of Silence: Oral History of Martin Koller on German Massacres of Jews23. The Internment of Japanese Americans: Recollections of Mary Tsukamoto24. Roy M. "Max" Offerle Recalls Working on the Burma–Thailand "Death" Railway25. Japan's Occupation of the Philippines: Claro M. Recto to Lt. Gen. Takaji Wachi, June 15, 194426. Japanese Biological Experiments: Testimony of Anonymous Hygiene Specialist of Unit 73127. Comfort Women: Account of Ms. K, an Anonymous Korean Woman28. German Women in Wartime: Reminiscences of Juliane HartmannThe War's Social and Economic Impact29. The Aryan Obsession: Heinrich Himmler, Order to the Members of the German SS and Police, October 28, 193930. The British Home Front: Recollections of Pamela Lazarus, October 10, 200131. Women and Work: Oral History of Lola Weixel32. Racial Conflicts in the U.S. Army: Recollections of Allen Thompson, 758th Tank BattalionAppendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the TextAppendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the TextBibliographyIndex