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Tag: WWII

Interview at Flashlight Commentary

One of my favorite things about being an author is the chance I have to interact with readers. I was … More

Historical Fiction, Literature, Publishing Process, WWII

The Good Word Podcast

This past spring I was interviewed on the Good Word Podcast. The host, Nick Galieti, interviewed as many of the … More

Historical Fiction, The Good Word Podcast, Whitney Awards, writing, WWII

Cover Reveal for The Rules in Rome

Guess what’s going to press? Okay, you don’t really have to guess because you probably saw this post’s title. The … More

Book Covers, Historical Fiction, The Rules in Rome, WWII

The 70th Anniversary of D-day

Seventy years ago today, American, British, and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in the largest amphibious invasion … More

Bedford Boys, D-day, Gold beach, History, Juno Beach, Merville Battery, Omaha Beach, Paratroopers, Pegasus Bridge, Pointe du Hoc, Ste.-Mère-Eglise, Sword Beach, The Longest Day, Utah beach, WWII

How to Code Messages Like a WWII Spy

This blog post will take you through the steps of encoding a message using double transposition, just like British and … More

Coding, Double Transposition, Gestapo, Henry V, Leo Marks, Poem Code, SOE, Special Operations Executive, Spies, WOKs, WWII

I have a new title, and a map

The title for my third novel was finalized last month: Deadly Alliance. I like it. A lot. No, it wasn’t one of … More

Book Titles, Briana Shawcroft, David Howarth, German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral, Independent State of Croatia, Italy, Jack Higgins, Maps, Serbia, WWII, Yugoslavia

Things not to do if you’re an agent in a Nazi-occupied country

This past summer I read a nonfiction book about several British agents who went into France during WWII as part … More

History, Prosper Network, SOE, SOE F Section networks, Special Operations Executive, Spies, WWII

The 69th Anniversary of D-day

Last year I posted some pictures my sister took of the WWII memorial in Washington DC. Now that another anniversary … More

D-day, History, WWII, WWII Memorial

What’s in a Name? Part Two: Commander Courage and Other Names That Border on Perfection

I recently read an article about the first naval battle of Narvik, which took place in April 1940 between British … More

History, Narvik, Naval Battles, Norway, Ofotfjord, Royal Navy, WWII

What’s in a Name? Part One: Paulus and Paullus

Seventy years ago today, on February 2, 1943, the last German troops in Stalingrad surrendered. The fight for Stalingrad was … More

Ancient History, Canae, General Paulus, Paullus, Stalingrad, WWII

My New Maps

I didn’t have a map for my first novel, Espionage. Most of the novel took place in Calais, France, so … More

Briana Shawcroft, France, Maps, Romania, WWII

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