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Black Yanks - Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain - cover

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Black Yanks - Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain

Kate Werran

Casa editrice: The History Press

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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.
Disponibile da: 11/04/2024.
Lunghezza di stampa: 288 pagine.

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