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Time was unarguably the U.S.'s most valuable ally in World War II. It saved the lives of countless soldiers who would surely have perished in an earlier assault on Hitler's Fortress Europe. It all but guaranteed victory when the colossal D-day operation was at last launched. As with so much else in World War II, the U.S. had more of it than any other belligerent. Winston Churchill tendered the U.S. its first gift of time by standing steadfast against the Nazi juggernaut in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz in 1940 and 1941. Thereafter...
...chart an entire nation’s history was a daunting task for Steven Ozment, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History. But Ozment is a “can-do” historian, and in his newest book, A Mighty Fortress, he endeavored to do just that...
...Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People, Ozment harnesses over 2000 years of German history in less than 350 pages. Friendly, thorough and wholly comprehensive, the book is an enlightening way to learn about the fascinating and controversial Germans...
...name suggests, A Mighty Fortress does not ignore Germany’s turbulent and war-stricken past. Rather, the book presents a more substantial perspective. Unifying Germany’s history before 1930 with that after 1945, Ozment does not neglect the white elephant in between...
Despite the book’s subtitle, though, Ozment insists that A Mighty Fortress is not a book about the masses or a people’s history. Rather he hopes that the book will recover the mainstream German history that has been lost in a post-war world...