Dispatch from Berlin, 1943
the story of five journalists who risked everything
Seiten
2023
|
1. Auflage
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-792-3 (ISBN)
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-792-3 (ISBN)
In December 1943, five courageous correspondents join a British air raid on Berlin. After parachuting out of his aircraft, one reporter is taken prisoner. From there his captors take him on a remarkable tour of bombed-out German cities. In Dispatch from Berlin, 1943, Anthony Cooper and Thorsten Perl uncover this incredible true story.
In December 1943, five courageous correspondents join a British air raid on Berlin. They are Australians, Alf King from the Sydney Morning Herald and Norm Stockton from the Sydney Sun; Americans, Ed Murrow from CBS and Lowell Bennett from the International News Service; and Norwegian journalist and activist, Nordahl Grieg. Each is assigned to one of the 400 Lancaster bombers that fly into the hazardous skies over Germany on a single night. Of the five, only two land back at base to file their stories.
After parachuting out of his doomed aircraft, one reporter is taken prisoner. From there his captors take him on a remarkable tour of bombed-out German cities.
In Dispatch from Berlin, 1943, Anthony Cooper and Thorsten Perl uncover this incredible true story of life on both sides of the war.
In December 1943, five courageous correspondents join a British air raid on Berlin. They are Australians, Alf King from the Sydney Morning Herald and Norm Stockton from the Sydney Sun; Americans, Ed Murrow from CBS and Lowell Bennett from the International News Service; and Norwegian journalist and activist, Nordahl Grieg. Each is assigned to one of the 400 Lancaster bombers that fly into the hazardous skies over Germany on a single night. Of the five, only two land back at base to file their stories.
After parachuting out of his doomed aircraft, one reporter is taken prisoner. From there his captors take him on a remarkable tour of bombed-out German cities.
In Dispatch from Berlin, 1943, Anthony Cooper and Thorsten Perl uncover this incredible true story of life on both sides of the war.
Anthony Cooper is a retired schoolteacher with a PhD in German civil aviation in the Weimar Republic, and is the author of HMAS Bataan 1952 (NewSouth, 2010); Darwin Spitfires (NewSouth, 2011 and 2022); Kokoda Air Strikes (NewSouth, 2014); RAAF Bombers over Germany; Paddy Finucane and the Legend of the Kenley Wing; and Sub Hunters. Thorsten Perl is an investigator of historical and scientific topics. He has been involved with official agencies in the search for and clarification of missing crew members of the Second World War for twenty-seven years. Thorsten works in research and development of regenerative agriculture and lives with his family in Eberswalde near Berlin in Germany.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Thorsten Perl |
| Verlagsort | Sydney, NSW |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-74223-792-4 / 1742237924 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-74223-792-3 / 9781742237923 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
