ALAN LEVINE is a writer and historian currently teaching at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He is the author of eleven books, including "D-Day to Berlin: The Northwest Europe Campaign, 1944 45 "(Stackpole, 2007); "The War Against Rommel 's Supply Lines, 1942 43 "(Stackpole, 2008); "The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940 45 "(Praeger, 1992); and "Captivity, Flight, and Survival in World War II "(Praeger, 2000). He lives in Queens, New York.