Chicago, World War II   (IL)   (Images of America)
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing
Published: November 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738532097
Subjects: Military - World War II; United States - State & Local - Midwest; History: American; Chicago (Ill.); History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - General; Pictorial works; Illinois; Chicago; World War, 1939-1945; 20th century
First sentence: Unlike World War I when Chicago was a hotbed of anti-war and, at times, pro-German sentiment (due in large part to the city's enormous German-American population and the political manipulations of the city's mercurial mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson), the Windy City was united in its World War II effort against the Axis powers.