Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War
  • Published: 1 December 2005
  • ISBN: 9780091897352
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $45.00
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Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War

A New History of the Second World War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There

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A unique history of World War 2 in the words of those who were there – the paperback sequel to the bestselling Forgotten Voices of the Great War

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 World War 2.

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. Their voices will not be neglected.
  • Published: 1 December 2005
  • ISBN: 9780091897352
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Max Arthur

Max Arthur is an author who specialises in first-hand recollections of historical events. He has worked closely with the Imperial War Museum to bring together two books in the Forgotten Voices series, Forgotten Voices of the Great War and Forgotten Voices of the Second World War.

Previous titles include The Manchester United Air Crash; Above All Courage; Northern Ireland: Soldiers Talking; Men of the Red Beret; There Shall Be Wings: The RAF 1918 to the Present; The True Glory: The Royal Navy 1914 to Present.

Prior to becoming a writer, he served with the Royal Air Force and for some years was an actor.

Also by Max Arthur

Dambusters
Lest We Forget
Last of the Few
The Busby Babes
Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War: The Fight for Survival
Forgotten Voices Of The Great War
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Praise for Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War

The sound of real human voices: bewildered, sad, often angry, sometimes bitter, but for the most part remarkable ... a shattered relay-race of narrative gives the book a ghostly, choric poetry

Telegraph

...Breathe a sense of immediacy, of being there on the spot; and the spot is, only too often, a place of horror...thoroughly readable by anyone who wants to know what it felt like to be engaged in a world war....That war is horrible, no sensible reader can doubt; that this war was worth fighting, to get rid of barbaric regimes, comes across well

Spectator

A unique collection of personal testimonies ... a timely reminder of the sacrifices and horrors of war

Sunday Express

With the rawness and immediacy that only this kind of oral history can provide

Sunday Times

An extraordinary and immensely moving book

Stephen Fry

These stories are so harrowing, their witness so precise and devastating

The Times