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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…

Historian Alex Kershaw talked about his book, The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II. Using images, he described the first round of Allied soldiers, in…

On December 16, 1944, Adolf Hitler launched a surprise counteroffensive against Allied forces in the Ardennes Forest region of Belgium, northeastern France, and Luxembourg. Known as the Batt…

Alex Kershaw, author of The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led The Way to Victory in World War II, talked about the 75th anniversary on June 6, 2019, of the World War II D-Day invasion o…

Historian Alex Kershaw gave an illustrated talk about his book, The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II. Following his lecture, he moderated a discussio…

The Friends of the National World War II Memorial marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day with a ceremony at the memorial on the National Mall.

Alex Kershaw talked about the Jacksons, an American family who aided the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris. They lived on Avenue Foch, a street where many Gestapo and SS officers resi…

Alex Kershaw talked about his book Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris, in which he tells the story of the …

Dignitaries and veterans commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe at a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Speakers included Whit…

Alex Kershaw, author of The Liberator spoke with 92-year-old photographer Tony Vaccaro, who smuggled his portable 35mm camera onto the battlefield during World War II and created intimate an…

In the courtyard of the Bedford Court House, Alex Kershaw talked about his book The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice, published by Da Capo Press. The book tells the…

Alex Kershaw talked about his book Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew (Da Capo Press; April 28, 2008). The book is about the only Americans…

Alex Kershaw talked about his book The Few: The American “Knights of the Air” Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain, published by Da Capo Press. He described the Americans …

Author Alex Kershaw was interviewed about his book, The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII’s Most Decorated Platoon.