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On June 13, 1942, after considerable debate within the U.S. government, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Office of War Information, which was divided into a domestic branch and an overseas branch. From its headquarters in New York, the latter grew to include 40 outposts. London was the first, followed by Stockholm. This is the Stockholm story.
<p>Gordon Parks's photographs showed the humanity of the workers in the nation's massive war mobilization, notably at a Pittsburgh grease plant. </p>
80 years ago last week.
“Terrorizing, torturing and killing civilians” … “a sadistic days-long killing spree” ... “victims buried in mass graves” … “pillaging and destruction of
Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium and the Netherlands, drove the British Expeditionary Force from the Continent, captured Paris, and forced the surrender of the French government. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, six months of relative calm descended on Europe. During a period dubbed the “phony war” by the press, the conflict between France and Germany was confined to a 100-mile (160-km) stretch of common frontier between th...