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Alex Kershaw

UK · WWII — American units in Europe

About

Military historian specialising in individual American units and soldiers. Known for vivid,.

Books in Database (3)

The Bedford Boys cover
The Bedford Boys 2003 · 274 pages

One Virginia town of 3,000 lost nineteen of its sons in the first minutes of Omaha Beach.

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The Longest Winter cover
The Longest Winter 2004 · 289 pages

Eighteen men of an intelligence platoon hold off a German battalion on the first morning of the Bulge — then vanish into POW camps.

Popular History
The Liberator cover
The Liberator 2012 · 432 pages

The war of Felix Sparks and the 157th Infantry — from Sicily to Dachau.

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Events Covered

1943 Italian Campaign 1944 D-Day / Normandy Landings 1944 Battle of the Bulge