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London at the Crossroads of WWII, aptly called the "Wizard War" Set in London during the early years of World War II, Code Name Delilah weaves a cast of fictional characters with very noteworthy historic figures to capture the events of 1939 through 1942, when an international coalition of nations supporting Great Britain began to pull together to defeat the Axis Powers. Carefully researched and historically grounded, Code Name Delilah relates some new insights and perspectives regarding that unprecedented rapid gathering of extraordinary people, massive industrial production facilities,…mehr

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London at the Crossroads of WWII, aptly called the "Wizard War" Set in London during the early years of World War II, Code Name Delilah weaves a cast of fictional characters with very noteworthy historic figures to capture the events of 1939 through 1942, when an international coalition of nations supporting Great Britain began to pull together to defeat the Axis Powers. Carefully researched and historically grounded, Code Name Delilah relates some new insights and perspectives regarding that unprecedented rapid gathering of extraordinary people, massive industrial production facilities, widely diverse military forces, breathtaking scientific and technological advancements, critical military intelligence capabilities and Ultra Secret cyber security achievements, all of which coalesced in London. The novel elevates and honors contributions from well-known and lesser-known men and women who were tasked collectively with defeating the Axis Powers. This was a seemingly insurmountable assignment, but the escalating brutality, inhumanity and perfidy of the Axis Powers gave the Allies no other choice. Their ultimate total Victory was nonnegotiable.
Autorenporträt
Donald P. de Brier is an avid military historian with a legal and military background. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in history and was then commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Navy. He served aboard a US destroyer, with temporary additional duties on several military intelligence projects. He then graduated from University of Pennsylvania School of Law and began practicing law in a large New York law firm, which firm had once been chaired by a former Director of the CIA. The author later spent four years in London working for British Petroleum where he retained some of his connections to the British and US military intelligence. During his years of law practice, he was recognized as a leader in the recruitment, training, and advancement of women in law and business organizations. The author's father was a US lawyer who volunteered for the New Jersey National Guard in 1936. His Guard unit was called to active duty in September 1940. After the US entered WWII, he rose to become Inspector General of the US Army Air Force Training Command headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the largest command in the military establishment at that time. He assisted in the preparation of the treatise, "Experience of the Air Force in Individual Training during WWII." He was later awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States Air Force for his accomplishments.