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Testimony

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WW2History.com contains a large number of audio testimonies produced exclusively by Laurence Rees. In addition, we also have many articles on key moments in the conflict and videos also exclusive to the site.

1939

Western Front
Sep 1939

Listen (9:43)

Child evacuee
Western Front
Oct 1939

Listen (6:19)

German Soldier in Poland

1940

Holocaust
Feb 1940

Listen (4:34)

Prisoner in ghetto
Western Front
Jun 1940

Listen (6:41)

British soldier, Dunkirk
Holocaust
Jun 1940

Listen (8:53)

Prisoner in Auschwitz
Western Front
Aug 1940

Listen (10:39)

Battle of Britain pilot
Western Front
Oct 1940

Listen (7:00)

Fireman in the Blitz
Pacific Front
Nov 1940

Listen (8:17)

Japanese soldier in China

1941

Holocaust
Jun 1941

Listen (4:28)

Member of Einsatzgruppe
Eastern Front
Jul 1941

Listen (8:47)

Soviet frontline soldier
Pacific Front
Aug 1941

Listen (6:58)

Japanese Doctor
Holocaust
Oct 1941

Listen (12:13)

German Jewish deportee
Eastern Front
Oct 1941

Listen (7:21)

NKVD Officer
Pacific Front
Dec 1941

Listen (9:23)

American at Pearl Harbour

1942

Pacific Front
Feb 1942

Listen (10:20)

Australian POW
Pacific Front
Apr 1942

Listen (8:29)

British Prisoner of War
Western Front
Jul 1942

Listen (13:32)

Merchant seaman sunk by U-boat
Eastern Front
23rd Aug 1942

Listen (6:14)

Child at Stalingrad
Western Front
Aug 1942

Listen (6:10)

GI Bride from London
Pacific Front
Oct 1942

Listen (5:36)

Australian soldier
Western Front
Nov 1942

Listen (10:24)

Desert Rat

1943

Eastern Front
Feb 1943

Listen (4:29)

Soviet SMERSH officer
Western Front
Oct 1943

Listen (5:55)

GI Bride from Oxford
Holocaust
Oct 1943

Listen (11:04)

Participant in Sobibor revolt
Pacific Front
Nov 1943

Listen (5:40)

US Marine, Tarawa

1944

Pacific Front
Apr 1944

Listen (8:18)

Gurkha officer, Imphal
Pacific Front
Apr 1944

Listen (7:39)

Indian RAF pilot
Holocaust
May 1944

Listen (12:59)

Hungarian deportee
Western Front
May 1944

Listen (5:46)

Member of US bomber crew
Western Front
May 1944

Listen (8:29)

Soldier in Italy
Western Front
Jun 1944

Listen (7:34)

US soldier, Omaha Beach
Eastern Front
Jul 1944

Listen (4:47)

German Soldier in Soviet Union
Western Front
Aug 1944

Listen (5:57)

Black American soldier

1945

Eastern Front
Feb 1945

Listen (5:22)

Victim of the Soviets
Pacific Front
Mar 1945

Listen (3:51)

Member of B29 Bomber Crew
Pacific Front
Apr 1945

Listen (7:55)

Japanese Kamikaze
Western Front
May 1945

Listen (4:10)

War Widow

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