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About this audiobook
The Home Fronts and the Human Experience of War reveals how World War II transformed the lives of millions far beyond the battlefield. From Britain under the Blitz and America's industrial mobilization to Soviet endurance, wartime Japan, propaganda, rationing, internment, and the plight of prisoners of war, this volume explores the daily realities of a world at total war. It also follows soldiers on the front lines, the journalists who brought the conflict into homes, and the civilians whose sacrifices, losses, and resilience shaped the outcome of history's deadliest war. A powerful account of courage, suffering, survival, and the lasting human consequences of World War II.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 8 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
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