With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
Although President Truman's decision to use an atomic weapon remains controversial, many agree that more lives would have been lost during an invasion...
Free expression is a legal right because the mind is free, so thought should be free as well.
Before capturing Iwo Jima's airfield, to use as a base, American bombers taking off from China are intercepted by the Japanese.
Hosenfeld helps Szpilman stay alive in Warsaw, but the Russians later take Wilm as a German POW.
Jacobo was both directly and indirectly affected by the war.
Children help raise money in campaigns for war bonds.
Zamp and his crewmates name their B-24 Super Man. A Popular Science article describes where B-24s are made and how they look.
The childhood story of Louis Zamperini, his training as a runner, and how running took him to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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