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Tag Archives: WW2
Hitler’s Armada
Hitler’s Armada: The Royal Navy & the Defence of Great Britain© Geoff Hewitt246 pages Summer 1940. Britain stands alone, its ally France having lain down her sword and surrendered to the German blitzkrieg, which has already consumed Norway, the Low … Continue reading
Invasion! Sie kommen!
Invasion! Sie kommen! | Invasion! They’re Coming!© 1960, 1963 Paul Carell288 pages Invasion! is a German account of the D-Day landings and the battles that followed as the Allies worked to unite their separate beachheads and secure a foothold in … Continue reading
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, 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
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, espionage and commandos, historical fiction, WW2
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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
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
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
CS Lewis, alt-history Brits, and a Trek repast
Still offline, so — quickie reviews. Call C.S. Lewis’ friends to mind and the mental image, invariably, will be that of Lewis and the Inklings gathered around a table at the Eagle and Child, drinking and talking. But one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrams and Kurzman Trek, alt-history, biography, CS Lewis, Star Trek, WW2
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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