NPR American Chronicles: World War II

NPR reveals remarkable stories of valor, bravery, and survival from the deadliest conflict in history with this vast panorama of interview, memories, and first person accounts from fronts in Europe, the Pacific, and at home. Harrowing, heartbreaking and deeply personal, this collection offers an intimate, engaging way to learn more about the war that changed the world.

Contents:

Introduction by Neal Conan

Voices from the WWII Memorial

Reflections on Germany, Poland, and WWII

The London Blitz

Pearl Harbor: A Personal History

Hearing Voices: A Japanese-American in a WWII Camp

A Mother-in-Law¿s WWII Saga

WWII Heroes Recall the Doolittle Raid

Pearl harbor: A Personal History Part 2

The Kitchen Sisters: War amp; Separation

StoryCorps: My Mother¿s Story: Dot the Welder

War in the Pacific

Unbroken by War

Artists of Battlefield Deception: Soldiers of the 23rd

Female WWII Pilots: The Original Fly Girls

A Tuskegee Airman¿s Harrowing WWII Tale

Remembrances of D-Day

The ¿Mad Piper¿ of Normandy

Kate Nolan, WWII Combat Nurse

WWII Combat Cameraman: `The Public Had To Know¿

WWII Veterans on the Battle of the Bulge

StoryCorps: Joseph Robertson

Holocaust Survivors Honor Camp Liberator

The Greatest Generation

Remembering the Final Days of World War II

Pilot Remembers Fateful Bombing Mission Over Nagasaki

Thanks, Grandpa Tommy, for Saving the World