On 6 June 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy. The invasion followed several years of argument and planning by Allied leaders, who remained committed to a return to the European continent after the Germans had forced the Allies to evacuate at Dunkirk in May 1940. Before the spring of 1944, however, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other British leaders remained unconvinced that the invasion was feasible. At the Teheran Conference in November 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill promised Josef Stalin that Allied troops would launch Operation Overlord, the...
On 6 June 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy. The invasion followed several years of argument and planning by Allied leaders, who ...
Before landing in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies executed an elaborate deception plan designed to prevent the Germans from concentrating forces in Normandy. The lesser-known first part, Fortitude North, suggested a threat to Norway. The more famous Fortitude South indicated that the invasion would occur at the Pas de Calais rather than Normandy, largely by creating a fictitious army group under Gen. George S. Patton. While historians have generally praised Operation Fortitude, Barbier takes a more nuanced view, arguing that the deception, while implemented well, affected the...
Before landing in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies executed an elaborate deception plan designed to prevent the Germans from concentrating fo...
This title reconsiders the social and cultural aspects of the Vietnam War that helped to fundamentally change America. With chapters written by subject area specialists, the book takes on subjects such as women's role in the war, the music and the films of the time, the Vietnamese perspective, and more.
This title reconsiders the social and cultural aspects of the Vietnam War that helped to fundamentally change America. With chapters written by subjec...
Culture, Power, and Security provides a timely collection of essays by a diverse group of historians grappling with the notion of security in different temporal and geographical contexts. The authors, ranging from senior scholars - including an award-winning military historian - to relative newcomers, examine a variety of new topics or ask new questions of older ones in the areas of religious, political, intelligence, military and foreign relations history. Drawing upon new approaches or archival sources, each author offers fresh perspectives and insight into the nature of national or...
Culture, Power, and Security provides a timely collection of essays by a diverse group of historians grappling with the notion of security in differen...
During World War II Nathalie Lily Sergueiew, a woman of mystery, confidently seduced the German Intelligence Service into employing her as a spy against their British enemy. Little did they know that this striking woman - who turned heads when she walked into a room with her little dog Babs - would in reality work with their enemy against them. Her diary chronicles her years as a double agent for the British from 1940-1945 under the code name Treasure. From the moment she conceived the idea of becoming a double agent, Lily faced challenges on two fronts: first, she had to convince the Germans...
During World War II Nathalie Lily Sergueiew, a woman of mystery, confidently seduced the German Intelligence Service into employing her as a spy again...
In the 1970s, news broke that former Nazis had escaped prosecution and were living the good life in the U.S. Outrage swept the nation and the public outcry put extreme pressure on the US government to investigate these claims and to deport offenders. The subsequent creation of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) marked the official beginning of Nazi-hunting in the United States, but far from its end.
Thirty some years later, in November of 2010, "The New York Times" obtained a copy of a confidential 2006 report by the Justice Department entitled "The Office of Special...
In the 1970s, news broke that former Nazis had escaped prosecution and were living the good life in the U.S. Outrage swept the nation and the publi...
