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02034aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 4CDEA7AE3EA311EB847B9EAF3EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201215010057 008 200210t20202020nyuab 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1454941162 020 $a 9781454941163 035 $a (OCoLC)1139768448 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d DYJ $d APL $d GO4 $d SO$ $d SILO 082 04 $a 940.53 $2 23 245 00 $a Victory : $b World War II in real time / $c The Associated Press ; edited by Alan Axelrod, developed by Les Krantz, foreword by David Eisenhower. 246 3 $a World War 2 in real time. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Sterling, $c 2020. 300 $a xix, 204 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 29 cm. 520 $a Victory commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII: May 8, 1945, VE Day; August 14, VJ Day; and September 2, the formal signing of the instrument of surrender. This stunning book covers the war through contemporary Associated Press coverage of 40-45 key events, plus human-interest accounts. The stories and photographs are presented chronologically so that readers of today can experience the scope of the war in the same way people of that era learned of the events. From Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to Japan's ceremonial signing of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, each event is vividly brought to life through images and text from the original articles; historian Alan Axelrod provides insightful introductory text for each chapter. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Pictorial works. 700 1 $a Eisenhower, David, $d 1948- $e writer of foreward. 700 1 $a Axelrod, Alan, $d 1952- $e editor. 710 2 $a Associated Press, $e author. 941 $a 4 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20210709010321.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20210602011843.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210202014948.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20201215010728.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CDEA7AE3EA311EB847B9EAF3EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search