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Tag Archives: 1940s
Blood of Honour
Blood of Honour© 2011 James Holland384 pages It’s May 1941, and it looks like the good guys may actually win one for once. British troops have arrived in Crete to defend it against an anticipated German invasion, making … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, espionage and commandos, historical fiction, James Holland, Mediterranean, WW2
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Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour© 2010 James Holland384 pages It’s déjà vu all over again. Sergeant Jack Tanner, only recently arrived back in England from the doomed British defense of Norway, has been sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force – only … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, espionage and commandos, historical fiction, James Holland, WW2
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Spinning Atoms in the Desert
Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert© 2010 Michon Mackedon236 pages Which is more breathtaking, the power of the atom bomb or the hubris of governments that use it? Michon Mackedon’s Bombast will leave readers wondering. It reviews the approach of … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, American Southwest, history, military, Nuclear
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Life and Death in the Third Reich
Life and Death in the Third Reich© 2009 Peter Fritzsche384 pages A few years ago I read Peter Fritzsche’s An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler, which examined how the Nazi conquest of most of Europe permeated into its culture in … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1930s, 1940s, collective tyranny, Germany, history, Nazi, social history, WW2
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Overlord | Victory in the Pacific
Many years ago when the world was new, the Twin Towers stood over Manhattan, and Europe was just starting to adopt the euro, I discovered a trilogy of books in my high school library about World War 2. They formed … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, Albert Marrin, D-Day, Japan, US Marine Corps, WW2
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Marine Combat Correspondent
Marine Combat Correspondent: World War 2 in the Pacific© 1999 Sam Stavisky344 pages Sam Stavisky was a reporter for the Washington Post on December 7th, 1941, when he and the world bore witness to Japan’s bloody ambition to rule the … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, history, memoir, Pacific War, US Marine Corps, WW2
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Fighting for Space
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight© 2020 Amy Shira Teitel448 pages When the age of flight arrived, women were as eager to take to the skies as men. Fighting for Space is a … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, aviation, human space flight, women
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Churchill’s Shadow Raiders
Churchill’s Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II’s Invisible Secret Weapon© 2020 Damien Lewis 416 pages A decade ago, in reading Electric Universe, I was delighted to learn about Operation BITING, one of World War 2’s more extraordinary … Continue reading
Churchill’s Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers: WW2’s Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler’s War Criminals© 2021 Damien Lewis400 pages A few months back, I read D-Day Girls, a history of SOE operatives who prepared the way for Operation … Continue reading
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