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D is for Deception & Disguise
The tangled web of lies that fooled Hitler The story of D Day is a story of selfless bravery, brilliant planning, and superb logistics—but also the story of a complex set of tricks and fakes which confused the enemy and contributed greatly to the successful invasion....
D-Day 80 Years On
Men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion on the heights of Pointe Du Hoc on the afternoon of D DayParatroopers of the British 6th Airborne Division before takeoff on the night before D DayThe Boys of Pointe Du Hoc & The Ox & Bucks at the Pegasus Bridge At each end of...
2024 and 1944 D-Day 80 years on
On that cold, stormy morning in June, 80 years ago, tens of thousands of young men crossed the English Channel in thousands of small ships to Nazi-occupied France. The Normandy beaches—codenamed Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword, awaited them. Hitler’s Army Group B,...
2024 and 1944
Happy New Year. I took a sabbatical from blogging over the past few months while I’ve been researching my next book in the Breaking Point series, which will focus on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6th, 1944, 80 years ago this year....
Reflections on the 83rd Anniversary of Battle of Britain Day
“The odds were great; our margins small; the stakes infinite.” —Winston Churchill The Battle of Britain was one of the most remarkable events, not only in World War II, but in recorded military history. There are a handful of stories of small bands of determined men...
Unsung Heroes
My new book, Trial and Tribulation, is set in the Allied aerial campaign over Europe in 1943. This campaign, a joint commitment of the RAF and the USAAF, was a massive undertaking involving tens of thousands of men, thousands of aircraft, and one of the greatest...
