The World at War: The Landmark Oral History from the Previousl ,

Name: The World at War: The Landmark Oral History from the Previousl ,
Brand: Ebury Publishing

Ebury Publishing

The World at WarThe Landmark Oral History from the Previously Unpublished Archives\nAuthor(s): Richard Holmes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: Ebury Press\nISBN-13: 9780091917531, 978-0091917531\nSynopsis\nThe World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key participants - from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals. First broadcast in 1973, the result was a unique and irreplaceable record since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long to live.\n\nThe programme's producers committed hundreds of interview-hours to tape in its creation, but only a fraction of that recorded material made it to the final cut. For more than 30 years the interviews have never been allowed to be published - until now.\n\nThe well-known names interviewed for the series include Albert Speer, Karl Wolff (Himmler's adjutant), Traudl Junge (Hi.