Under Siege: July 1940-January 1941

This series of books provides all the newspaper reports from the UK related to the topic of the volume during World War Two. There are also just a massive amount of photographs. This volume details the entry into Russia by the Germans and then the some on the domination of Japan. I did think that the book is more Europe focused, but given that they are UK papers you expect that. There is also an interesting home country twist or slant to the reporting that is probably unique to any paper from a country participating. What would have been interesting is if they could have provided reports from both the UK newspaper and from an U.S. newspaper to get "both" sides of the story. Looking back on the reporting now you can see the misleading stories that could be contributed to the fog of war or government spinning of the truth. I also found the hatred for the Germans to come through in the writing - it is hard to keep that dislike out of the reporting. I think if you are a real die-hard World War 2 buff you will get a lot out of these books, if not I would go to the library to view the books. Overall the editors did a good job of presenting the information.

this series is amazing because it has every article concerning world war II by the publication War Illustrated. i believe was an English journal. the pictures are great, some of them even disturbing. What's most interesting is the sense of subjectivity and sensitivity given to some of the stories. this magazine was written while the war was going on, so naturally objectivity is almost non-existent. it's a written version of those war newsreels they used to show at the theaters in the united states during the war trying to get everyone behind the troops, and involved somehow in the war effort. it's a great collection, and a wise buy for posterity's sake.