As the Normandy invasion’s ground forces advanced across the French countryside, the obvious objective was to liberate Paris. Allied forces crept at a snail’s pace, encountering mine fields and holdouts along the way. In 1940, when Paris surrendered to Nazi Germany, the event was documented. Footage of a triumphant Hitler in a motorcade, driving around…
ACCENT: MURDER ON THE HOME FRONT by Molly Lefebure
A True Story of Morgues, Murderers, and Mysteries During the London Blitz Knowing how much stories like this interest me, I was surprises I’d only learned of Molly Lefebure from a PBS show. In it, a spunky young reporter teams up with a forensic pathologist to solve crimes in war-torn London. And I was even…