Tag Archives: Dunkirk

This week in the War, 29 July–4 August 1940: Invasion 1940

Posted on August 3, 2012 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on 31 July 1940, Hitler called a meeting of senior naval officers. He decided that the success of his proposed cross-Channel invasion of Britain, Operation Sealion, would depend upon Germany winning the air war over England—what would … Continue reading →

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Book review: Atonement by Ian McEwan

Posted on June 4, 2012 by secondbysecond

With summer on the way and time to spend at the beach (park? backyard?), you might take along Atonement—if you’ve not read the book already. Ian McEwan captures the pre-WWII life of the English gentry. His heroine, Briony, is a child … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 27 May–2 June 1940: The Snow Goose

Posted on June 1, 2012 by secondbysecond

The Snow Goose, Paul Gallico’s coming-of-age novel, is set in the lonely marshlands of Essex during World War II. A young girl named Fritha finds a injured snow goose and she and a surly lighthouse keeper nurse the bird back … Continue reading →

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