Robert Earnest Miller

World War II Cincinnati

ISBN: 978-1-62584-985-4
EAN: 9781625849854
Produktnummer: 18439368
Verlag: The History Press Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 0 KB

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World War II transformed Cincinnati from a relatively important but parochial midwestern city into a teeming bastion of military might. While thousands served in the nation's armed forces, others contributed to rationing programs, salvage drives, blackouts and war bond rallies. Scores of community-based programs blossomed as Cincinnatians on the home front threw themselves wholeheartedly into the &quote;total war&quote; that Washington believed necessary for victory. After answering the call to treat domestic duty as seriously as any battleground assignment, the Queen City emerged from the war as utterly changed as the nation itself.… Mehr