Fifty-five years ago World War II finally ended with Japan's formal surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri. Retrace the beginning of the war with this commemorative newspaper section filled with original articles from The New York Times. Part I, with an introduction by Paul Kennedy, the eminent Yale historian, records Germany's invasion of Poland, the fall of Paris, the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entrance into the war. The New York Times. All rights reserved.
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