1945 - The Year of the Great Turning Point

Author: Theo S?mel
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Publication Date: 2006-01-17
Features: 1945 was the year that determined the direction of the world. World War II ended, Germany and Japan were defeated, and the initial outline of the post-war order took shape. In this decisive decade for world destiny, new events unfolded that influenced generations—this book vividly reflects these events once again. Theo S?mel describes the horrors of the war, the secrets of the concentration camps, forced labor, and the displaced, as well as the lives of war criminals. The policies of the Allies and their increasingly exposed divisions are also highlighted. The denazification movement and the mushroom clouds rising over Hiroshima and Nagasaki are particularly noteworthy. Theo S?mel uses testimonies from witnesses to recreate the daily lives and emotions of people at the time, introducing the immense terror they experienced in that era—Oswald, Coventry, Dresden, Hiroshima—and why they were able to recover afterward. The Turning Point of History—1945 tells the stories that unfolded in this year that reshaped the world.