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This is a primary source on World War II, which contains the unedited dispatches and personal correspondence of an American reporter embedded with the US Army in Western Europe from 1944 to 1945. His writings capture the human story of the war in Europe in a way that hits on many big themes such as combat, the Holocaust, strategic bombing, the home front, the collapse of the Nazi regime, and the refugee crisis. His firsthand account of the liberation of Dachau is a moving reminder that the world was unaware of the horrors of the holocaust until he and other reporters provided these dispatches.

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Following the Front: Dispatches of World War II Correspondent Sidney A. Olson, edited by Margot Clark-Junkins, is an important new addition to our understanding of the Second World War in Europe. This is a remarkably fresh and incisive account of what the war in Europe looked like during its final six months. With the insight and skilled prose of an accomplished journalist, Sidney Olson captured the heights and depths of the human experience during World War II. Following the Front is a must read for anyone interested in gaining an intimate understanding of what the war in Europe looked like from various perspectives: the ordinary soldiers who fought it, the generals who led it, the journalists who reported it, and the civilians who suffered the most. This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in gaining a first-hand account of what the final months of the war in Europe looked like. Through an edited collection of previously unpublished dispatches, private letters, and diary entries, Margot Clark-Junkins has provided the reader with a compelling account of how the war was experienced by accomplished journalist Sidney A. Olson. --Kevin W. Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Battlefield Leadership

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Margot Clark-Junkins has worked as an independent curator, art reviewer and art educator for the last 20 years. She lives in southern CT.

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