World War II Cincinnati:: From the Front Lines to the Home Front

by Robert Earnest Miller

Book Overview

World War II transformed Cincinnati from a relatively important but parochial midwestern city into a teeming bastion of military might. While thousands served in the nation's armed forces, others contributed to rationing programs, salvage drives, blackouts and war bond rallies. Scores of community-based programs blossomed as Cincinnatians on the home front threw themselves wholeheartedly into the total war" that Washington believed necessary for victory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626194556
• ISBN13: 9781626194557
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"