The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with
soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw
action during WW2. As in the highly-acclaimed Forgotten Voices of the
Great War, Max Arthur and his team of researchers spent hundreds of
hours digging deep into this unique archive, uncovering tapes, many of
which have not been listened to since they were created in the early
1970s. The result will be the first complete oral history of the war. We
hear at first from British, German and Commonwealth soldiers and
civilians. Accounts of the impact of U. S. involvement after Pearl
Harbour and the major effects it had on the war in Europe and the Far
East is chronicled in startling detail, including compelling interviews
from U. S. and British troops who fought against the Japanese.
Continuing through from D-Day, to the Rhine Crossing and the dropping of
the Atom Bomb in August 1945, this book is a unique testimony to one of
the world's most dreadful conflicts. One of the hallmarks of Max
Arthur's work is the way he involves those left behind on the home front
as well as those working in factories or essential services.
