World War II Audio Narrations

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.

Germany's Federal Archives contain SS photos from Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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During the Blitz, German warplanes devastate Coventry on November 14, 1940.

The Ardennes Offensive initially favors Germany, leading to the Americans in trouble at Bastogne.

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was an African-American hero who was also a leader in wartime aviation history.

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