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Modern Eyewitness Accounts

The 20^th century saw two of history's most deadly wars, an explosion of technology, and the exploration of space. This collection of documents contains firsthand accouns of many important events from 1901 to 2000.

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Bullets, Bottles, and Gardenias (Roald Amundsen)

A Nation Eyewitnesses Sees Kefauver Investigation

"That Is What War Is Like, This Sunday Afternoon" (Eric Sevareid)

Eisenhower Gives the Signal Operation Overlord (Dwight D. Eisenhower)

Storm Over Germania: The Schweinfurt Raid (Walter Peters)

Genocide, Incorporated (Hermann Gräbe)

Winston Churchill Begins His Walk With Destiny (Winston Churchill)

Nazis Scuttle the Graf Spee (James Bowen)

Edward VIII Abdicates (Edward VIII)

The War Against Labor in the Thirties

Panic and Crash: 1929 (Elliott V. Bell)

The Flight of Wilhelm the Last (A Royal Household Official)

The Yanks Take Belleau Wood (Edwin L. James)

Yellow Jack (Walter Reed)