World War II on the Air Book

Contents

CD Track List (total time: 66:20)
Preface Prologue: August 1940
1. -The Gathering Storm
2. -War in Europe
3. -This Is London
4. -America at War
• 5. -Invasion and Liberation
6. -Murrow's Legacy Index

CD Track List (total time: 66:20)
1. Introduction
2. Anschluss: Edward R. Murrow (Vienna)-March 13, 1938
3. Eve of War: Edward R. Murrow (London) / William L. Shirer (Berlin)-August 28, 1939
4. War Is Declared: Edward R. Murrow (London)-September 3, 1939
5. A Peace of Sorts: William L. Shirer (Berlin)-September 29, 1939
6. The "Phony War": Edward R. Murrow and William L. Shirer (Amsterdam)-January 18, 1940
7. Hitler's Return: Mary Marvin Breckinridge (Berlin)-January 30, 1940
8. Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium Invaded: William L. Shirer (Berlin) / Thomas Grandin (Paris)-May 10, 1940
9. Chamberlain Resigns: Edward R. Murrow (London)-May 10, 1940
10. German Bombing of Paris: Eric Sevareid (Paris)-June 3, 1940
11. Italy to Enter War: Cecil Brown (Rome)-June 4, 1940
12. Dunkirk / Churchill: "We Shall Never Surrender": Edward R. Murrow (London)-June 4, 1940
13. German Troops Enter Paris: William L. Shirer (Berlin)-June 14, 1940
14. France Surrenders at Compiègne Forest: William L. Shirer (Compiègne, France)-June 21—22, 1940
15. London After Dark: Edward R. Murrow / Eric Sevareid (London)-August 24, 1940
16. Bombs Over Berlin: William L. Shirer (Berlin)-August 25, 1940
17. London Is Burning: Edward R. Murrow (London)-September 8, 1940
18. A Few German Pilots: Edward R. Murrow (London)-September 10, 1940
19. Rooftop Air Raid: Edward R. Murrow (London)-September 20, 1940
20. Christmas / "So Long and Good Luck": Edward R. Murrow (London)-December 24, 1940
21. "The Bombing Has Been Heavy": Edward R. Murrow (London)-April 16, 1941
22. Big Ben Bombed: Larry LeSueur (London)-May 11, 1941
23. Japanese Embassy: Eric Sevareid (Washington, D.C.)-December 7, 1941
24. "A Day Which Will Live in Infamy": Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Washington, D.C.)-December 8, 1941
25. Repulse Sunk, Brown Saved: Cecil Brown (Singapore)-December 12, 1941
26. Suicide Job of the 1942 War: Larry LeSueur (Moscow)-May 16, 1942
27. Algiers: Charles Collingwood (Algiers)-November 15, 1942
28. Axis Retreat in North Africa: Winston Burdett (Cairo)-December 16, 1942
29. Invasion of Sicily: Winston Burdett (Algiers)-July 10, 1943
30. Chinese Situation: Eric Sevareid (Chungking)-September 10, 1943
31. Race for the Possession of Italy: Winston Burdett (Algiers)-September 10, 1943
32. Orchestrated Hell: Edward R. Murrow (London)-December 3, 1943
33. Capture of Rome: Winston Burdett (Rome)-June 5, 1944
34. "Sterner Stuff Lies Ahead": Edward R. Murrow (London)-June 5, 1944
35. Eisenhower's "Order of the Day" / D-Day: Edward R. Murrow (London)-June 6, 1944
36. Flying Over Normandy: Richard C. Hottelet (London)-June 6, 1944
37. Utah Beach: Charles Collingwood (Utah Beach,Normandy)-June 6, 1944
38. Liberation of Paris (Premature Report): Richard C. Hottelet (London)-August 23, 1944
39. Paris Not Yet Free: Larry LeSueur (Northwest of Paris)-August 24, 1944
40. Market Garden / Parachute Drop: Edward R. Murrow (C-47 over Netherlands)-September 17, 1944
41. Street Fighting: Richard C. Hottelet (Aachen, Germany)-October 16, 1944
42. Crossing the Rhine: Howard K. Smith (Cologne, Germany)-March 24, 1945
43. Paratroopers: Bill Downs (Cologne, Germany)-March 24, 1945
44. Buchenwald: Edward R. Murrow (London)-April 15, 1945
45. V-E Day in New York: William L. Shirer (New York)-May 8, 1945
46. V-E Day in Piccadilly Circus: Edward R. Murrow (London)-May 8, 1945
47. 9:15 Over Hiroshima: Edward R. Murrow (London)-September 10, 1945

Mark Bernstein writes on history and biography, and is the author of Grand Eccentrics, New Bremen and Gentleman Amateurs. His magazine work has appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage of Invention & Technology and elsewhere. He was for many years a contributing editor of OHIO magazine. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Alex Lubertozzi has been a writer and editor for more than ten years. He has written articles for Screen, Small Press, and was a contributing editor for the pop-culture 'zine Pure.

Dan Rather has been anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News since 1981. A reporter with CBS since 1962, he has covered the JFK assassination, the civil rights movement and the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia. He has served as a CBS News bureau chief in London and Saigon, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II and 48 Hours. He is the author of The American Dream, Deadlines & Datelines, and The Camera Never Blinks.