Opening book details…
Can I read 'This Is Berlin' : Radio Broadcasts From Nazi Germany on EtoBox?
'This Is Berlin' : Radio Broadcasts From Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is 'This Is Berlin' : Radio Broadcasts From Nazi Germany about?
The legendary CBS news journalist's selection of iconic World War II radio broadcasts from countries throughout Europe. William L. Shirer was the first journalist hired by CBS to cover World War II in Europe, where he continued to work for over a decade as a news broadcaster. This book compiles two and a half years'worth of wartime broadcasts from Shirer's time on the ground during WWII. He was with Nazi forces when Hitler invaded Austria and made it a part of Germany under the Anschluss; he was also the first to report back to the United States on the armistice between France and Nazi forces in June of 1940. His daily roundup of news from Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Rome, and London, which documented Nazi Germany and the conditions of countries under invasion and at war, became famous for its gripping urgency. Shirer brought a sense of immediacy to the war for listeners in the United States and worldwide, and his later books, including the seminal Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, became definitive works on World War II history. This collection of Shirer's radio broadcasts offers all the original suspense and vivid storytelling of the time, bringing World War II to life for a modern au
Who reads 'This Is Berlin' : Radio Broadcasts From Nazi Germany?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- William L. Shirer
- Publisher
- RosettaBooks
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780795344077
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Arts
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (100 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
More by William L. Shirer
Browse all works by William L. Shirer
Similar books
- The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich : a History of Nazi Germany — William L. Shirer (2003)
- Against the Third Reich: Paul Tillich's Wartime Radio Broadcasts into Nazi Germany — translator, Matthew Lon Weaver; editors, Ronald H. Stone and Matthew Lon Weaver (1998)
- Nazi Germany : history examined — Robert Smith Thompson, Alan Axelrod, Ph.D. (2018)
- Axis Sally · The American Voice of Nazi Germany — Richard Lucas (2010)
- Cold War Radio : The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — Mark G. Pomar (2022)
- Newshawks in Berlin: The Associated Press and Nazi Germany — Larry Heinzerling, Randy Herschaft, Ann Cooper (2024)