Results for "D-Day"

Sarah Rose talked about her book, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II, in which she reported on British female spies in World Wa…

Military historian, author, and former Daily Telegraph (UK) editor-in-chief Max Hastings discussed his more than two dozen books on wars going back to World War I. Mr. Hastings is the author…

Historian Nigel Hamilton discussed the last of his three-volume biography of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, War and Peace: FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-194…

Michael Dobbs, author of The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between; Alex Kershaw, The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II; and S…

From the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland, Philip Padgett reported on Operation Overlord, the amphibious military operation that took place on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Historians Antony Beevor, Rick Atkinson, Douglas Brinkley, and Susan Eisenhower discussed D-Day at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

Former national security official Philip Padgett reported on Operation Overlord, the amphibious military operation that took place on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Military historian Patrick O’Donnell talked about his book, Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc - The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe. He r…

Robert Edsel talked about his book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (Center Street; September 3, 2009). In his book he recounts the s…

Historian Stephen Ambrose, the author of The Wild Blue, talked about World War II U.S. military pilots who flew B-24s over Germany. His book was published by Touchstone Books.

Peter Slen interviewed Antony Beevor in London about his research and writings on World War II. Antony Beevor has written 10 non-fiction books: The Spanish Civil War; Inside the British Army…

Timothy Gay presents a history of American war reportage during World War II. The author followed five journalists as they reported from the front lines of battle, Walter Cronkite (United Pr…

John Morris discussed his book, Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism, published by Random House, and his long career as a journalist and picture editor. He told the inside …

Mr. Ambrose talked about his book, The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany, and answered audience questions. This was part of the 2001 Miami Book Fair International.

Stephen Ambrose talked about his book, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869, published by Simon and Schuster. The book chronicles the stor…

Mr. Drez talked about his book Remember D-Day: The Plan, the Invasion, Survivor Stories, published by National Geographic Society. He gave a basic history of the events leading up to the in…

Richard Stolley presented his latest book LIFE: World War II: History’s Greatest Conflict in Pictures. Using extensive Life archives as well as combing archives world wide, the book includes…

Donald Miller talked about his book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany, published by Simon and Schuster. He described the sacrifices of Ame…

Senator John Ensign answered the question “What are you reading this summer?” He mentioned William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague; The Longe…

Author Thaddeus Holt spoke about his book The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War published by Scribner Book Company. The book chronicles the deceptions practice…