World War II History Discussion

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Book Discussions, History
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Focus is on Allied leadership that helped defeat the Axis Powers in WW2. Included are heads of government, top military leaders, key government officials, heads of code breaking agencies, leaders of resistance fighters within occupied countries, leading overseas war correspondents and radio broadcasters. 

Current Readings:

  • Susan Dunn, 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election Amid the Storm, 2013
  • Lynne Olson, Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England, 2007.  

For February, 2024

  • Michael Fullilove, Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World,  2014
  • Lynne Olson, Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War, 2018 
  • Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, 2019