Chapter 6: War is a fearful thing
Chapter 6 watches events unfolding in Europe as war becomes all but inevitable.
1. Alfred Koski did not approve of radio, believing that it could be a corrupting influence. George Koski built his own ham radio set, which the brothers used to listen to radio broadcasts. They were apparently using that radio set when their father caught them listening to the news broadcast of the Finnish-Russian war.
2. The conversation between Johnny and Bobby is fictionalized, but there are many accounts of Johnny reciting heroic speeches and poetry, including I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger.
3. Learn more about Adolf Hitler.
4. Learn more about Neville Chamberlain.
5. Read the text of the speech given by Neville Chamberlain on September 27, 1938.
6. The text of Hitler's Obersalzberg speech.
7. Wikipedia's entry on Baldur von Schirach.
8. An excellent newsreel video, Finland Fights!
Media and Web links:
1. Fig 6-1 Web: More information on Henry Ford, his anti-semitic views, and his links to Adolph Hitler and the Nazi party.
2. Fig 6-2 Video: Adolf Hitler rose to power by telling the German people what they wanted to hear.
3. Fig 6-3 Video: Neville Chamberlain's speech "war is a fearful thing."
4. Fig 6-4 Video: Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939.
5. Fig 6-5 Web: The Winter War between Russia and Finland.
6. Fig 6-6 Video: Edna Mae remembers Johnny's love of poetry.
Copyright 2007 by Dan Oja