The New York Times Living History: World War II: The Axis Assault, 1939-1942

Introducing a new series where history comes alive in riveting documents and images of great events as they occurred. We have long relied on historians to sift through the debris of history and piece together narratives to shape our understanding of events. But it is in the letters, diaries, speeches, song lyrics, newspaper articles, and government papers that history comes alive. The New York Times Living History books reinvigorate history by presenting the actual documents and images of the da