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    Author Discussion on World War II Aviation Warfare

    Authors Tom Clavin, James Scott and Kevin Maurer looked at World War II aviation warfare.

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    Victory at Sea

    Yale University’s Paul Kennedy talked about the rise and fall of great powers during World War II and the actions of the navies of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, and…

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    The Nazi Conspiracy

    Author Brad Meltzer discussed his book on the Nazi plot to kill Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II. The Curious Iguana bookstore in…

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    Army Association Authors Forum on World War II

    Robert Sutton (Nazis on the Potomac), Howard Simkin (Home Run), David Dworak (War of Supply) and Timothy Stoy (Sharpen Your Bayonets) talked about different aspects of World War II and the…

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    Taking Berlin

    Bestselling author Martin Dugard talked about the taking of Berlin in April 1945 by Allied forces toward the end of World War II. Mr. Dugard is also the co-author of several historical fiction…

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    Nazi Billionaires

    Journalist David de Jong talked about the German business dynasties behind companies like BMW, Porsche, and Volkswagen that made fortunes during the Third Reich by collaborating with the Nazis.…

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    D-Day Girls

    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…

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    Madame Fourcade's Secret War

    Lynne Olson talked about her book, Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler, in which she recalled the life of Marie-Madeleine…

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    Author Discussion on Women in World War II

    Erika Robuck, author of The Invisible Woman, and Stephanie Dray, author of The Women of Chateau Lafayette," discussed the role of women in World War II. This event is from the Virtual…

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    The Eagles of Heart Mountain

    Bradford Pearson told the story of the Japanese Americans held at an internment camp in Wyoming during World War ll and how their sons, during their incarceration, played for an undefeated…

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    Watching Darkness Fall

    Author David McKean talked about President Franklin Roosevelt’s ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Moscow - and how all but one misjudged the rise of Hitler and the Third…

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    After Words with Madeleine Albright

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright recounts her early childhood years in her native Czechoslovakia, as it came under the control of Nazi Germany. Using her parents' writings,…

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    Hitler's American Gamble

    Historians Charlie Laderman and Brendan Simms discussed Hitler’s decision to declare war on the United States on December 11, 1941, four days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This…

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    The Bomber Mafia

    Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell examined the development of precision bombing during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C.

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    The Writer's Crusade

    Journalist Tom Roston provided a history of Kurt Vonnegut’s writing of his novel about World War II, Slaughterhouse Five, and questioned if Vonnegut’s own post-traumatic stress disorder…

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    All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days

    Rebecca Donner told the story of American Mildred Harnack who led an unground resistance group in Germany during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the Free Library of…

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    Into the Forest

    Rebecca Frankel recounted how a Polish family evaded the Nazis by living for two years in the Bialowieza Forest and how they were eventually saved and immigrated to the United States. This…

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    When Can We Go Back to America?

    USC history lecturer Susan Kamei profiled 130 Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This was a virtual event hosted by the Japanese…

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    After Words with Bob Dole

    Former Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole talked about his book One Soldier’s Story: A Memoir, published by HarperCollins. The book was about his experience joining the Army in 1940's, and…

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    Facing the Mountain

    Bestselling author Daniel James Brown explored the struggles of Japanese-American families in the United States and Japanese-American soldiers in Europe during World War II. This was a…

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