Diary of a flight to occupied Germany, July 20 to August 27, 1945.
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Berlin, Richard E., 1894-
Diary of a flight to occupied Germany, July 20 to August 27, 1945.
[S. l.]: [s.n.], 1945?
111 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
[Title page], p. [2 and 3]
Index of subjects: flights, scenes, interviews..., pp. 4-5
How the flight started, pp. 6-7
The diary begins, p. 7
Take-off from Washington, pp. 8-9
Stops in Maine and Newfoundland, pp. 9-10
To the Azores, pp. 11-12
Take-off for France, pp. 12-13
Arrival at Paris, pp. 13-15
G. I. revelations during hop to London, pp. 15-17
Conditions in London, pp. 17-19
A message to Honey, pp. 19-20
The British elections, pp. 20-23
In Paris again, pp. 23-24
The Petain trial, pp. 24-25
Re-deployment operations, pp. 26-27
Secrets of transport, pp. 27-29
Conquest of Antwerp...bridging the Rhine, pp. 29-31
Code words of the invasion, pp. 31-33
From Paris to Reims, pp. 33-34
Where the Nazis surrendered, p. 35
Visit to Le Havre , pp. 36-37
Shipping the boys home, pp. 37-39
Flying to Germany, pp. 39-40
Region of the "bulge"...bomb explodes, pp. 40-41
Entering Germany, pp. 41-42
Blonde children--Hitler's "Aryan race", pp. 42-43
Interview with Montgomery, pp. 44-45
Montgomery on battle of El Alamein, pp. 45-46
Monty admits he has memoirs, pp. 46-47
Displaced persons, pp. 47-48
Account of Potsdam conference, pp. 48-49
Through bad weather to Brussels, pp. 49-50
Sights in Antwerp, pp. 50-52
In Brussels and Bremen, pp. 52-53
American headquarters at Bremen, pp. 53-55
Rehabilitating steamship Europa, pp. 55-56
A crowded chapel, pp. 56-58
An army without hatred, pp. 58-59
Across North Germany to Copenhagen, p. 59
Slaughter of gestapo, p. 60
Sights in Copenhagen, pp. 60-63
Strafing on the flight back to Bremen, pp. 63-65
Russian conviviality, pp. 65-66
More fraternization talk, pp. 66-67
Scenes in Frankfurt, pp. 67-68
Newspapers and radio, pp. 68-69
Problem of displaced persons, pp. 69-70
Recaptured treasure, p. 71
Bad fogs to Berlin, pp. 71-74
What happened to Hitler, pp. 74-76
Russians in Berlin, pp. 76-78
Terrible conditions in Russian-held territory, pp. 78-81
More observations in Berlin, pp. 81-82
Coal and food famine, pp. 82-84
Take-off for Munich, pp. 84-85
With American boys in the Alps, pp. 85-86
Where Patton lived, p. 86
Scenes in Austria, pp. 86-87
Hitler's hideaway, pp. 87-88
Another Hitler abode, pp. 88-90
Concert in Salzburg, pp. 90-92
Horrors of Dachau prison camp, pp. 92-93
A cremation fraud, pp. 93-94
Visit to Cardinal Faulhauber, pp. 94-95
Hitler's beer hall, pp. 95-96
Human contacts in Munich, pp. 96-97
Over the Danube and Rhine to Paris, pp. 97-98
Flying from Paris to Naples, p. 98
Naples...Caserta...Rome, pp. 99-100
Audience with his holiness, pp. 101-104
Confidential chat with Count Umberta, pp. 104-105
An evening with the Italian cabinet, pp. 106-107
Travels around Rome, p. 108
Talks with generals in Paris, pp. 109-110
The flight home, pp. 110-111 ff.
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