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Edward R. Murrow

Legendary CBS radio broadcaster whose live London Blitz reports brought WWII into American homes.

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Dorothy Thompson

Pioneering journalist who sounded the alarm on fascism; the first American expelled from Nazi Germany.

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Ernie Pyle

Pulitzer-winning columnist who chronicled WWII through the gritty, exhausted perspective of the ordinary foot soldier.

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Kristallnacht, Nov 9-10, 1938

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Sigrid Schultz

Fearless Chicago Tribune Berlin bureau chief who covertly reported on the Nazi regime's rise.

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The invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939

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William L. Shirer

CBS broadcaster in Berlin who famously chronicled the Nazi threat in Berlin Diary.

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The fall of France and the Blitz, 1940

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Louis P. Lochner

Pulitzer-winning AP Berlin bureau chief who provided vital early coverage of the Nazi regime.

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Pearl Harbor and American entry, December 1941

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D-Day and the liberation of France, 1944

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Liberation of the concentration camps, 1944-45

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Germany’s surrender, May 1945

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Berlin

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945

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Select Clipboard Charlie

Clipboard Charlie

The fast-talking, ever-efficient research assistant.

About Clipboard Charlie

Clipboard Charlie, aka The Lead, is the fast-talking, ever-efficient assistant who knows where every file is buried.

Select "Heady" Hildy Johnson

"Heady" Hildy Johnson

"Historiographer"

About "Heady" Hildy Johnson

Hildy Johnson, aka The Old Pro, is the grizzled, wise editor who knows the major debates between historians.

Select Lenny "Len" Scopes

Lenny "Len" Scopes

An expert on "schools of history"

About Lenny "Len" Scopes

Lenny "Len" Scopes, aka The Four Lenses, can explain how the past looks through four schools of history: political, intellectual, social and cultural.

Select "Fast" Phil Marlowe

"Fast" Phil Marlowe

The gritty "how-to" guide for research.

About "Fast" Phil Marlowe

"Fast" Phil Marlowe, aka The Fixer, is your guide to historical methods. He can tell you where to go for the facts and how to put them together. He knows which archivist to sweet-talk and which source will sing.

Select "Inky" Ike Carey

"Inky" Ike Carey

The philosophical figure of journalism history.

About "Inky" Ike Carey

"Inky" Ike Carey, aka The Inkwell, is a poetic, visionary soul who sees newspapers as the "conversation of a culture."

Select Ida "Bottom Line" Nord

Ida "Bottom Line" Nord

The tough, investigative reporter following power and money.

About Ida "Bottom Line" Nord

"Bottom Line" Nord, aka The Power Broker, is cynical, relentless, and always following the money and influence.