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Black Yanks
- Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain
Engelsk Hardback
Black Yanks
- Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain
Engelsk Hardback

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Black Yanks is the story of how an African American soldier from Missouri ended up on death row in D-Day Britain – and the extraordinary campaign that set him free. The drama plays out over a tumultuous six weeks, set against a backdrop of the most audacious sea-borne invasion ever attempted.

As the build-up to D-Day escalates, Leroy Henry’s story unfolds, allowing us to view a pivotal point in history with an entirely new perspective: making race, the ‘special relationship’ and the British peoples’ collective powerful key considerations.

This fascinating, alternative timeline reveals an edgier wartime society, hidden tensions in Anglo-American relations and the moment the British tabloid press learned to roar. Ultimately, Leroy Henry’s court martial – and everything it stood for – provoked mind-blowing decision-making at the highest military level.

Kate Werran unearths a wealth of archival material to help disclose the story behind the first significant, if uncelebrated, win in the civil rights movement; a story that has been overlooked for nearly eight decades. Until now.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
0
ISBN-13:
9781803993522
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1803993529
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
11 apr 2024
Længde:
32mm
Bredde:
166mm
Højde:
241mm
Forlag:
The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
11 apr 2024
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge