Alex Kershaw
English journalist and historian of the Second World War; The Bedford Boys, The Liberator.
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- Alex Kershaw is an English journalist and author of popular histories of the Second World War.
- The Bedford Boys (2003), about one Virginia town's losses on D-Day, became a New York Times best-seller.
- His book The Liberator (2012) was made into a Netflix series in 2020.
Key facts
- Born
- 1966, York, England1
- Education
- Politics, philosophy and economics, University College, Oxford1
- Books
- Blood and Champagne (2002); The Bedford Boys (2003); The Longest Winter (2004); The Few (2006); The Liberator (2012); Avenue of Spies (2015); The First Wave (2019)1
- Honours
- Honorary doctorate in military history, Norwich University1
- Writes
- From the Frontlines of WWII (newsletter)1
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