Naples Author's Book Salutes the Greatest Generation

Fort Myers FL

08 July, 2020

5:18 PM

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This year, the 75th anniversary of the end of WW II, Naples author and educator Jerome M. O'Connor's new book, THE HIDDEN PLACES OF WORLD WAR II, has been called "unreservedly recommended" by The Library Journal. Researched over decades by the U.S. Naval Institute's "Author of the Year," the 340-page hardbound book published by Lyons Press takes readers into the real and existing places and describes the history-changing events overlooked by generations of historians.  The book was written for the World War II enthusiast who thought that everything had long ago been written about the war, until now.  In a May 2020 rave review, the Army University Press said: "I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in military history...it definitely fuels the desire to research some of these locations and events more thoroughly." Enter Churchill's fully intact London war rooms, first revealed by the author in 1978, seven years before opening to the public, in the Chicago Tribune. View Bletchley Park, also first revealed by the author in 1999, where 12,000 British code-breakers entered the labyrinth of the Enigma cypher.  Read new details about mathematical mastermind, Alan Turing, who was stationed at Bletchley. Five chapters with original photos describe the heroic exploits of the Eighth Air Force from their English bases as they flew into eternity with the highest percentage losses in the U.S military.  Walk the remains of the same bases and runways 75 years later. Enter the immense London mansion owned by the Sassoon family, where 59 captured Nazi generals were maintained in conditions of near-luxury, allowed the freedom of the grounds and nearly the entire house, had private rooms, served course by course plated meals by liveried staff, even went on sightseeing tours - all for a purpose. Throughout, the book celebrates the epic accomplishment of 16 million young American men and 350,000 women who saved civilization in its darkest hour. Rated 4.8/5.0, the book is available on Amazon while supplies last.  It is also at select book stores including Barnes & Noble. For an advance read of several chapter parts go to Jerome O'Connor's secure web-site,  www.historyarticles.com.