World War II/History from The Personal Navigator

Newport, VT: The Newport Daily Express, 1944. 44 x 60 cm. "Rumor England Seeks Peace With Germany""--Pravda, Russian Communist Paper, Reports Meeting of British Officials with Ribbentrop. Pravda quotes ""rumors from Cairo"" about secret meeting to determine conditions for a separate peace. ""Russians Rap Polish Reply To Curzon Line Proposals--Probe Katyn Murders"". Thousands are killed and injured in Buenos… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Oxford Book Co, 1943. 13 x 19 cm. A Century of Conflict. Germany loses the First World War. The Long Armistice, 1918-1938. The Nazi Shadow Falls Over Europe. Europe Reverts to the Balance of Power System. Outbreak of Second World War. Blitzkrieg in the East, Nazi Victories in the West. Battle for Britain. Hitler's… Read more about this item

England, ca. 1939. 14 x 21 cm. Pamphlet features black cover with four red lights, interior explains red lights. German action forced the present war on Britain and the free world. The red lights began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Austria on February 15th. On March 12th Hitler and Goering gave their solemn ""word of honor"" that… Read more about this item

Mount Morris, IL: Our Army, Inc, 1944. 21 x 28 cm. Comments on dress of Churchill, FDR and Stalin at Teheran: Stalin was wearing glittering new uniform, but too large for him. ""The Air Offensive over Europe"" --Gen. H.H. Arnold, CG AAF explains the current air attack against the Germans. ""A Soldier's Holiday"" somewhere in Texas, by Private Ernst… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company, 1940. 14 x 19 cm. Willkie was Republican candidate for President in 1940 election; Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected to third term. Walker's biographical remarks explain why Willkie looks so unkempt and rumpled, and talks like a farmer (he is a farmer). Willkie's writings encourage Depression-era Americans with hopeful, optimistic words. Paper booklet, light… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc, ©1941. 13.6 x 19.6 cm. Little book describes the Great Fire of the City of London, 1940, and includes black-and-white reproductions of original art of bomb damage, by members of the London Fire Brigade. Quotes Adolf Hitler: ""I am a man of peace,"" in midst of all the death and… Read more about this item

Germany, ca. 1936. 17 x 12 cm. Photo shows ""Der Kanzler und Admiral Raeder bei der deutschen flotte""--- Hitler and Raeder salute as they ride a boat; in background are ships of the Nazi German Fleet. Photo is ""Bild Nr. 145"" or photo to be pasted in Album of 225 such pictures. This is part of Album #8;… Read more about this item

New York, NY: French Press & Information Service, 1944. 21 x 27 cm. Published by the Provisional Government of the French Republic in exile in New York. This issue appeared five months after the Invasion of Normandy, and reports the tremendous political turmoil in France. French Troops on the Northeast Front. Battle of the French Ports-- Germans… Read more about this item