The History Book Club discussion

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by Allen Packwood (no photo)

by Mollie Panter-Downes

(no image) The War and Colonel Warden by Gerald Pawle (no photo)

Source not found in goodreads: Phillips, Paul C. “Decision and Dissension—Birth of the RAF.” Aerospace Historian 18, no. 1 (Spring 1971).

by Violet Bonham Carter and edited by Mark Pottle (no photo)

by Sonia Purnell (no photo)

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by Andrew Roberts

by Andrew Roberts

by Brian Roberts (no photo)

by Alan Ryan

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by Robert E. Sherwood

Book not found in goodreads: Sherwood, Robert E. The White House Papers of Harry L. Hopkins. Vol. 1. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949.

by William L. Shirer

by Jak P. Mallmann Showell (no photo)

by Sally Bedell Smith

by Mary Soames

by Mary Soames

by Winston S. Churchill and compiled by Mary Soames

by Edward Spears (no photo)

by Albert Speer

by David A.T. Stafford

by Peter Stansky (no photo)

by Cita Stelzer

by Cita Stelzer

by Gerwin Strobl (no photo)

by Dietmar Süß

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by A.J.P. Taylor

by Joseph Goebbels and edited/translated by Fred Taylor (no photo)

Source not found in goodreads: Thomas, Martin. “After Mers-el-Kébir: The Armed Neutrality of the Vichy French Navy, 1940–43.” English Historical Review 112, no. 447 (June 1997)

Source not found in goodreads: Thomas, Ronan. “10 Downing Street.” West End at War. www.westendatwar.org.uk/​page/​10_dow...
Note: Article (web site) and Bomb maps posted on discussion thread

by Walter Henry Thompson (no photo)

by Raymond F. Toliver (no photo)

by Richard Toye

Source not found in goodreads: Treasure, Tom, and Carol Tan. “Miss, Mister, Doctor: How We Are Titled Is of Little Consequence.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 99, no. 4 (April 2006).

by Adolf Hitler and edited by Trevor-Ropert (no photo)

by Warren Tute (no photo)

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by Ken Wakefield (no photo)

Source not found in goodreads: WakelaJohn Wheeler-Bennettm, Randall T. “The Roaring Lions of the Air: Air Substitution and the Royal Air Force’s Struggle for Independence After the First World War.” Air Power History 43, no. 3 (Fall 1996).

by Evelyn Waugh

by John Craven Brook Normanbrook (no photo) and edited by John Wheeler-Bennett (no photo)

by John Wheeler-Bennett (no photo)

(no image) Churchill And The Prof by Thomas Wilson (no photo)

by John Gilbert Winant (no photo)

by Chris Wrigley (no photo)

by Joan Wyndham (no photo)

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by Kenneth Young (no photo)

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by Philip Ziegler

Bentley has added the entire Bibliography for our members in order for those folks interested in reading the other books that Eric Larson cited - with all of the proper citations (Bentley added every one).

Bentley also added the various links so that you could look up the material as you are reading and get more out of the experience. The url addresses were also checked to make sure that they were working.

Bentley hopes you enjoy the discussion, the book and want to read more about Winston Churchill and World War II. We look forward to continuing our discussion.

Bentley also added all of the Archives and Other Collections that Eric Larson cited as well as all Books, Periodicals and Websites.

Wartime Kitchen and Garden - Episode 1

Link to video: https://youtu.be/rLBRK5Tf1I4

Daily life and rationing in Britain during WWII, this is a great, 8 part series from the BBC

Some of the music in the video:

Song - Neville Chamberlain Declares War, September 3rd, 1939

Artist - Jack Leonard with Orchestra;Various;Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

Licensed to YouTube by - SME (on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment); UMPG Publishing, and 2 Music Rights Societies

Song - This Is The Army, Mr. Jones

Artist - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Carl Davis

Album - The World At War

Writers - Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias

Licensed to YouTube by - Entertainment One U.S., LP (on behalf of Silva Screen Records); Warner Chappell, EMI Music Publishing, LatinAutor, UMPI, Concord Music Publishing, LatinAutor - SonyATV, PEDL, and 5 Music Rights Societies

Song- They Can't Black Out The Moon

Artist - Harry Roy & his Orchestra

Album - Music For A Vintage Tea Party

Licensed to YouTube by - The Orchard Music (on behalf of Past Classics); EMI Music Publishing, SOLAR Music Rights Management, Warner Chappell, and 4 Music Rights Societies

Sources: BBC via Youtube

Spying in World War II


A hydro-electric power plant in the Norwegian town of Rjukan, where German scientists attempted to produce the ‘heavy water’ necessary for the manufacture of atomic weaponry.(Photographed by Kaja Pedersen, Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum)

Look 110 miles to the west of Oslo and you’ll find the Norwegian county of Telemark. At the heart of it is Rjukan, a town built into the natural cleft between two gigantic mountains. The landscape is inhospitable: the sides of the valley are so steep that for six months of the year the sun cannot be seen. In the depths of winter the temperature can drop to as low as -4°F. On the night of 27 February 1943, the wind was blowing, everything was covered in snow and all was silent. The Nazis had occupied Norway for almost three years and had wasted no time in taking control of the Norsk Hydro plant. Situated on one side of the valley on the outskirts of Rjukan, great pipes, fed by natural waterfalls, used the vast energy of descending water to power great turbine engines. The Nazis had been putting these to use to help produce heavy water, a vital component in their atomic bomb programme.

Some time earlier, Norwegian saboteurs, assisted by British intelligence, had been dropped into the countryside and had skied through treacherous snowy paths. Surviving on just moss for days on end, they were fearful of capture and certain execution. That evening, the team made its way to the plant. Unable to cross the single suspension bridge that led to the entrance, they were forced to clamber down a sheer rock face, cross an icy river, and then climb back up the other side. They broke into the plant and, evading capture, planted explosive charges. Desperate to ensure that they completed their mission, they reduced the timers from the original two minutes down to 30 seconds. Before they had got far, an explosion lit up the dark, impenetrable night sky.

The sounds of shouting in German and of gunfire spurred them on and all managed to escape, skilfully vanishing into the shadows. Despite the Germans flooding the area with thousands of extra soldiers in the ensuing days, the Norwegian saboteurs were able to escape. Their mission had been a success: the heavy water plant had been seriously damaged, though it would not be the last the Allies would hear of German atomic efforts.

Remainder of article:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/s...

Source: History Extra