Search Results: Titles starting with O from Paul Fortney

The British Empire reached it's peak in 1923 when the Palestine Mandate became effective, It now covered 1/4 of the earth's land. But cracks had begun appearing in many of the non-white colonies seeking Dominion status. Matthew Parker uses contemporary sources to examine the faults driving the native movements and the changes in attitudes of both natives and colonial officials.

Two British naval officers devised a scheme to mislead the Nazis about where the allies would attack Southern Europe. MacIntyre details how they created an officer and planted a dead man in Nazi-friendly Spain. The ruse caused the Germans to shift forces from Sicily to Greece.