This list of books, written by survivors about their hellish time in the Auschwitz complex, exemplify the imperative to witness.

Read a Merchant Mariner's personal account of 20 days at sea after a Japanese submarine attack on the Indian Ocean. 

In a lesser-known operation that presaged the horrors of the deadly Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the XIX Corps broke through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany, in October 1944.

Churchill’s famous quip about the Royal Air Force’s “few” was inspirational, but Fighter Command wasn’t so few and even had several advantages. 

Misguided Japanese diplomacy in 1945 helped to ensure that the war would not have a peaceful end.