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"This book by one of Australia's finest chroniclers of the Second World War tells the devastating story of war from the inside. Based largely on the author's own war diary and the articles he wrote as a war correspondent, this deeply personal account is unparalleled amongst the vast literature on World War Two." "Osmar White was there to record and assess the climactic events of that time. He was present at the official German surrender. He was there when the horror of Buchenwald was opened to the world. He saw some of the atrocities visited upon the German people by their Russian conquerors.…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2003Cambridge University Press · 240 pages · 9780521537513
- Hardcover · English · 2003Cambridge University Press · 240 pages · 9780521830515
- Other · English · 1996HarperPerennial · 222 pages · 9780732256074
Australian Personal narrativesBiographyCampaignsHistoryJournalismPersonal narratives, AustralianWar correspondentsWorld War, 1939-1945





