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William L. Shirer

William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, Shirer was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a CBS radio team of journalists known as "Murrow's Boys". He became known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II (1940). With Murrow, he organized the first broadcast world news roundup, a format still followed by news broadcasts.

Shirer wrote more than a dozen books besides The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, including Berlin Diary (published in 1941); The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969), which drew on his experience living and working in France from 1925 to 1933; and a three-volume autobiography, Twentieth Century Journey (1976 to 1990).

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American journalist (1904–1993)

Born 23 February 1904
Died 28 December 1993

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  • Cover of: The rise and fall of the Third Reich: a history of Nazi Germany

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  • Cover of: Berlin diary: the journal of a foreign correspondent 1934-1941

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  • Cover of: 20th century journey: a memoir of a life and the times

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  • Cover of: The collapse of the Third Republic: an inquiry into the fall of France in 1940

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    First published in 1979 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1947 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1979 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: "This is Berlin": radio broadcasts from Nazi Germany

    First published in 1999 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1952 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1994 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The challenge of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland in our time

    First published in 1955 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The sinking of the Bismarck.

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  • Cover of: Berlin Diary Part 1 of 2

    First published in 1941 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: La Chute de la IIIe république: une enquête sur la défaite de 1940

    First published in 1970 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Berliner Tagebuch: Das Ende 1944-1945

    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A native's return, 1945-1988

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  • Cover of: Berlin diary: the journal of a foreign correspondent, 1934-1941

    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: 20th Cent. Journey: The Start Part 2 Of 2

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American journalist (1904–1993)

Born 23 February 1904
Died 28 December 1993

Subjects

History, World War, 1939-1945, Biography, Journalists, Politics and government, American Personal narratives, Histoire, American Novelists, Description and travel, Germany, Bismarck (Battleship), British Naval operations, Campaigns, Civilization, Diaries, Foreign correspondents, France, Gandhi, mahatma, 1869-1948, German Naval operations, Germany, history, 1933-1945, Hitler, adolf, 1889-1945, Journalists, biography, Juvenile literature, National socialism, New York Times reviewed

Places

Germany, United States, Europe, France, Finland, India, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Allemagne, Allemegne, Frankreich, Great Britain, Russia

People

William L. Shirer (1904-1993), Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), William L. Shirer (1904-), Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948), Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Hermann Goering (1893-1946), Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910), Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), S. A. Tolstai︠a︡ (1844-1919)

Time

1933-1945, 1918-1945, 1945-, 20th century, Third Republic, 1870-1940, 1870-1940 (3e République), 1914-1940, 1918-1933, 1930-1948, 1933, 1933-1941, 1939-1945, 1945- ., 1945-...., 1945-1950, 19th century, History

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  • William Lawrence Shirer
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  • Shirer William
  • William Lawrence shirer
  • William L. SHIRER

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