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July 10, 2015

Book Review: Last to Die

July 10, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

Military historian Stephen Harding tells the poignant story of the last soldier killed in World War II

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July 2015, last to die, open letters weekly 2015, Second World War, stephen harding
June 13, 2015

Book Review: Yanks in the RAF

June 13, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

While America was still technically neutral in Great Britain's fight against Germany, a handful of American flyers traveled to England and volunteered to fly in the RAF - a fascinating new book tells their story

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david alan johnson, June 2015, open letters weekly 2015, Second World War, yanks in the raf
April 08, 2015

Book Review: France 1940

April 08, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

The military collapse of France in 1940 has been a punch line and byword for decades, but a provocative new book argues that the traditional view is too simple

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April 2015, defending the republic, france 1940, open letters weekly 2015, philip nord, Second World War
November 24, 2014

Book Review: Islam and Nazi Germany's War

November 24, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A revelatory new book explores the uneasy dealings the Third Reich had with the thousands of Muslims who suddenly found themselves under Nazi rule

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November 24, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
david motadel, islam and nazi germany's war, November 2014, open letters weekly, Second World War
November 10, 2014

Book Review: WWII - A Chronicle of Soldiering

November 10, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

Fifty years ago, the author of "From Here to Eternity" wrote a vivid, impressionistic account of the Second World War, and that fascinating book now enjoys a new edition

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history, james jones, November 2014, open letters weekly, Second World War, wwII: a chronicle of soldiering
December 20, 2013

Book Review: Japan 1941

December 20, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A vivid look at the culture and politics that led to Japan's ill-fated attack on Pearl Harbor

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December 2013, eri hotta, history, japan 1941, open letters weekly, Second World War, world war II
February 01, 2013

Book Review: Engineers of Victory

February 01, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A new history of the Second World War focuses on the mid-level thinkers and technicians whose innovations made the grand strategies work

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engineers of victory, February 2013, history, military history, paul kennedy, Second World War
January 09, 2013

Book Review: World War Two

January 09, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The military crucible of the 20th Century gets a new hardcover history that can be read in one hour and fifteen minutes.

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history, January 2013, military history, norman stone, Second World War, world war two
July 08, 2012

Now in Paperback: The Storm of War

July 08, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A new one-volume history of the Second World War ends with the big question: could the bad guys have won?

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andrew roberts, July 2012, military history, Second World War, the storm of war, world war II
April 10, 2012

Now in Paperback: Berlin at War

April 10, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

An exceptionally powerful history of Berlin's rise and fall during the course of World War Two

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April 2012, Berlin at War, european history, german history, Roger Moorhouse, Second World War
May 31, 2011

That Indescribable Something

May 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

She was married to two kings, reigned during the advent of trench warfare and the suppression of suffragettes, and stayed all her life a delightful dinner guest; A Year With the Windsors continues with the fascinating and fastidious Queen Mary.

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May 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
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