Showing Over Here!: New York City During World War II by Lorraine B. Diehl

HardCover Pub Date: 2010 Pages: 288 in Publisher: Smithsonian A wonderfully nostalgic and inspiring look at the center of the home front during World War II-New York CityMore or Call an Expert at 1-800-any other place New York was the center of action on the home front during World War II. As Hitler came to power in Germany. American Nazis goose-stepped in Yorkville on the Upper East Side. while recently arrived Jewish migrs found refuge on the Upper West Side. When America joined the fight. enlisted men heading for battle in Europe or the Pacific streamed through Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station. The ooklyn Navy Yard refitted ships. and Times Square overflowed with soldiers and sailors enjoying some much-needed R & R. German U-boats attacked convoys leaving New York Harbor. Silhouetted against the gleaming skyline. ships were easy prey-deis and even bodies wa...