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Millett, Allan R. (March 1995). "Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II". The Journal of American History. 81 (4): 1807–1808. doi: 10.2307/2081821. JSTOR 2081821. Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ Kerridge, Jake (14 February 2009). "The Deighton file: a life of reluctance and intrigue". The Daily Telegraph. p.10.

The book is not a great literary piece but it's a valuable counter point to the war propaganda. And a reminder that there are few good guys in a war. It is also, intentionally or accidentally, rather mean against British upper class officers. In the foreword Deighton says it didn't come out as he intended and he regrets that he created a fault line between the NCOs and the officers. Maybe because it's distracting. Maybe because it's misleading. Huh," said Max. "Logical. They put a knife between your ribs and spend an hour explaining the rational necessity of doing it." Burton, Alan (2016). Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5587-6. Len Deighton". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 25 March 2016. (subscription required)With the army imposing martial law and a rounding-up of Resistance members, Archer faces life-changing decisions. An oddly blurry, non-atmospheric and largely unsatisfying alternate history "thriller" written in the '70s on the premise of "What if Hitler had managed to take the UK?". Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match, the first trilogy of his Bernard Samson novel series, were made into Game, Set and Match, a thirteen-part television series by Granada Television in 1988. [46] [76] Although Quentin Tarantino expressed interest in adapting the trilogy, [77] the project did not materialise. [78] The nine Samson novels were in pre-production with Clerkenwell Films in 2013, with a script by Simon Beaufoy. [79] Len Deighton". The Guardian. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022 . Retrieved 30 October 2023. It`s very interesting to see the struggle for power inside the Nazi camp where we could find different parties with not so similar goals.

stars for the premise and the strong start, but after the first two chapters, this entire novel fizzles away and collapses completely. Deighton had an amazing opportunity here and he squandered it for the mundane and mediocrity. He may have had a lot of knowledge about that period, but none it is felt in the novel.It is kind of funny, but it never hit me until I actually started reading the book that the title might be referring to England [GB] as being occupied by the Germans [SS]. Yeah, sometimes I am pretty darn slow on the uptake. I particularly enjoyed one exchange. August Bach, a German pilot, is returning to his base with his friend, Max, when they are held up by a convoy directed by Vichy police. Deighton was educated at St Marylebone Grammar and William Ellis schools, but was moved to an emergency school for part of the Second World War. [9] [10] [b] After leaving school Deighton worked as a railway clerk [12] before being conscripted for national service at the age of 17, which he completed with the Royal Air Force (RAF). While in the RAF he was trained as a photographer, often recording crime scenes with the Special Investigation Branch (SIB) as part of his duties. [9] [12] During his work with the SIB he learned to fly and became an experienced scuba diver. [13] In Len Deighton’s nightmare novel, the Nazis have won in 1941, before the Americans can decide to quit dithering and come help their brothers and sisters across the sea. It is a chilling thought because it came oh so close to being true. Only When I Larf (1968)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016 . Retrieved 28 March 2020.

It was no use for [him] to scream apologies; there was no one aboard to hear him. He outlived any of his crew, for from 16,000 feet the wireless operator falling at 120 mph (the terminal velocity for his weight) reached the ground ninety seconds later. He made an indentation twelve inches deep. This represented a deceleration equivalent to 450 times the force of gravity. He split open like a slaughtered animal and died instantly. [The pilot], still strapped into the pilot’s seat and aghast at his incontinence, hit the earth (along with the front of the fuselage, two Rolls-Royce engines and most of the main spar) some four minutes after that. To him it seemed like four hours… Emergency schools were those set up during the Second World War to cope with the influx of children evacuated out of cities, and the conscription of teachers into the armed forces. [11] Egan, Barry (17 September 2018). "Declan Lynch on his childhood and why 'alcoholic' is more of a stigma than words like 'depression' ". Irish Independent.

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I came to appreciate all of the characters (100+) in this book and welcomed a chance to see the war from the British and German perspective. Granted, this book is a work of fiction but based on careful research of actual bombing campaigns during the war. I have to believe that anyone that lived through these events would readily relate to the feelings and actions portrayed by the characters brought to life by Deighton. Interesting idea, but the dialogue is often opaque and tedious, the murder investigations difficult to follow, the action sometimes only sketchily described, and the stakes laughably low. Great, detailed descriptions of room interiors -- the rest of London might as well not exist.

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