Coming up on cspan2. Host Rick Atkinson, what is the liberation trilogy . Guest began 15 years ago and it is an account of the liberation of europe. Particularly from a perspective of americans and other western allies. The first volume begins where europe begins in november of 1942. The invasion of morocco and algeria and the Campaign Across north africa. The second volume moves north across the mediterranean to the invasion of sicily in july of 1942. Southern epperly and september 1943. The third volume begins on the evening of the invasion of normandy. June 4, 1944. The final volume tells the final chapter of this story between europe in may of 1945 onward. Host white we began in north africa . Guest that is where the story begins. The store you was at the urging of Winston Churchill to not try to cross the English Channel in 1942 and 1943. Partly because the American Army included the green commanders, partly because we did not have the land and the other materials necessary to und
Host german women in the nazi killing field. Whats the book about . Guest an entire generation of german women i call them the world war i baby boomers. There was an increase right after the first world war, a spike in births, about 19181919 coinciding with german women getting votes. You have a surge of female population coinciding with the opening up of womens opportunities politically. The stories about this generation that came of age during the period of the nazi regime in the 30s who saw, you know, opportunities that they didnt have before, take part in the political system, the revolutions, all exciting job opportunities, and their first way of getting out of the villages. Many of the women, you know, living in small, remote villages wanted to get art to see the city and experience city life. Its about the women who come of age with their ambitions and dreams, but these coinside with the establishment of a criminal jen sigh dale regime. What happened when the political awakening
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