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Anthony Kemp

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D-Day: and the Invasion of Normandy (1994) 104 eksemplarer
German Commanders of World War II (1982) 66 eksemplarer
Allied Commanders of World War II (1982) 48 eksemplarer
The Unknown Battle: Metz, 1944 (1980) 37 eksemplarer
The Maginot Line: Myth and reality (1981) 30 eksemplarer
Witchcraft and Paganism Today (1993) 23 eksemplarer
The Secret Hunters (1777) 11 eksemplarer
METZ 1944: One More River (2003) 11 eksemplarer
1939-1945: il mondo in guerra (1995) 9 eksemplarer
The bitter end (1982) 8 eksemplarer
Castles in color (1977) 7 eksemplarer

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As one who arrived at the tail end of the Baby Boom Generation (those born 1946 → 1964) I was among the last raised with the sense that World War II was not ancient history. By the time I could absorb history, Korea and Vietnam would supplant WW II in the media but my access to history as a child was mostly watching war movies on Saturday afternoon. Pulse pounding action drew me in creating a more than passing interest in the conflict for the rest of my life. One of my favorite books is THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William L. Shirer and I've enjoyed a couple books by Stephen E. Ambrose as well. So between all that and the annual Memorial Day crash courses in America's wars, I was relatively well steeped in WW II. I was looking forward to reading D-DAY AND THE INVASION OF NORMANDY to add another layer to my knowledge. It didn't. It skims over the invasion the way a butterfly flits across your yard. Randomly alighting here and there before moving on. When those landing on Utah beach were described as facing sporadic gun fire before moving onto another subject I knew I was in trouble. The book is part of the "Discoveries" series published by Henry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers. Their books are tight little paperbacks mostly on glossy paper appointed quite well with many photographs and maps--even a multi page pull out map of the Normandy beaches (nicely done, there is a different map on each side of the pull out but one of the maps omits the middle beach of the five to be attacked). The production value of the book and some miscellaneous writings and correspondence tacked on to the end of the book authored by various people involved on both sides raise this a star. If this is your first look at this piece of history, you will enjoy it more than I did and likely spur you to learn more. I have another volume in this series about the Napoleonic Wars about which I know very little--affording me I hope the opportunity to enjoy the book.… (mere)
 
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KurtWombat | Sep 15, 2019 |
Interesting but poor quality pictures (and a rather strange choice as I have seen far better ones in other books) and rather too many typos to be acceptable.
 
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simon_carr | Jun 24, 2017 |
An interesting book on the hunt for war criminals after the Second World War. During the French Campaign in 1944 a number of SAS soldiers went missing, it was late found that they had been murdered by the Gestapo. The SAS Regiment sent a small team to investigate and this is their story. An easy read, even if the subject matter can be heavy at times. The book also details the murder of 4 female SOE agents and of British aircrew.
 
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