The Second World War in Colour

 

The images contained within this unique book are a revelation, presenting the so-called 'black and white' war in a new and startling light. The past becomes remarkably more present through these valuable colour images, whose shades reveal more detail than is imaginable. Witness dambuster Guy Gibson stretched out in a field of scarlet poppies and recoil at the graphic picture of Mussolini following his assassination. The text is extraordinary too, containing writing drawn from official memoranda, diary entries and letters - all of which made it past the censor. Read, for example, German Communist Party leader Ernest Thaelmann's account of his interrogation and beating during Gestapo interrogation, and shudder at the cold documentation of death tolls in the Polish Jewish ghettos. The authors also present potted biographies, timelines and short accounts of key events during the turbulent war period. This is an important and valuable book, which higlights the work of film and photographic units on both side of the conflict, and presents a bloody history in its true colours.

 

Stewart Binns & Adrian Wood

Hardcover large format 208pp

Book Code:  EX0971

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