Program Description
Event Details
Focus is on Allied leadership that helped defeat the Axis Powers in WW2. Included are events leading up to the war (1932-39) and events in the post-war period (1945-1956).
Leadership includes heads of government, top military leaders, key government officials, noted civilian leaders, heads of security agencies and leaders of resistance fighters within occupied countries.
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Current Readings
Lynne Olson, Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War, 2018
Arthur Herman, Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, 2012
Paul Dickson, et al, The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor, 2020