Collected Stories for the 75th Anniversary of the Start of World War II

September 2014 is the 75th anniversary of the start of World War II.  The war began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.  

I remember as a child being surprised that  the war had not started on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941 -- it had been raging in Europe for more than two years before the United States officially got involved.

When I go to estate sales, I seek out war letters and photos to send to the Center for American War Letters at Chapman University.  Reading wartime correspondence, and seeing original photographs taken by soldiers, gives us a different perspective on what war is all about, than "official" histories.

To commemorate the soldiers and their loved ones on the home front, here are some links to previous blog posts I've written with a World War II theme.

War Letters: Your Unknown Admirer
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/07/war-letters-your-unknown-admirer.html

For D-Day: Untold Stories of the Third Army
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/06/untold-stories-of-third-army.html

War Letters: The Yankyettes
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/04/war-letters-yankyettes.html

The Tiny Tea Set, During a Time of War
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-tiny-tea-set-during-time-of-war.html