History Articles | By Jerome M. O'Connor

With scores of photos, many never before seen, the 88,000 – word book will reveal overlooked places and events that will challenge the knowledge of even the most avid enthusiast. Here is a first look at the chapters:
CHAPTER ONE THE FALL OF FRANCE- BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT – The appeasement policy fails. Britain is about to pay the price....

(Excerpt from the book)
Not long after his 1908 birth in Indiana, Pennsylvania, already nearing the end of its coal-mining prosperity, Jim Stewart knew that he had to fly. Something about the open environment in the sky suited his nature. Inherently reticent and modest as boy...

(THE FOLLOWING IS EXCEPTED FROM CHAPTER 11 – LAUNCHING THE INVASION – SOUTHWICK HOUSE AND D-DAY)
“HISTORY DOES NOT LONG ENTRUST THE CARE OF FREEDOM TO THE WEAK OR THE TIMID” (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
0500 SUNDAY 4 JUNE 1944 DELAY AND DISAPPOINTMENT

Less than a mile from one of the D-Day embarkation ports, unchanged Southwick House in Portsmouth, England is where General Eisenhower made the decision of the century – approval for the invasion of Europe. It is one of 22 chapters revealing the little...