An American Uprising in Second World War England - Mutiny in the Duchy

This is the incredible story of a Second World War shoot-out between black and white American soldiers in a quiet Cornish town that ended up putting the 'special relationship' itself on trial. The subsequent court martial into what tabloids labelled a 'wild west' mutiny became front page news in Great Britain and the USA.

About the author

After reading History at Oxford University, Kate Werran wrote for local and national newspapers before switching to television where she worked for one of Britain's leading independent documentary makers, producing 20th Century history programmes for Channel 4, Channel 5 and the BBC. Kate is especially passionate about writing this story because it has been a life-long interest. One summer as a child, holidaying in her father's home town, Kate put her fingers in decades-old bullet-holes left in a war monument one night and asked the question: Why? Finally, she can attempt to answer it.

Summary

This is the first-time telling of an extraordinary Second World War story about a mutiny among African American soldiers in Britain and the court martial that followed. Not only did the drama grip the United Kingdom and America - it just happened to involve soldiers from one of the battalion's that went on famously to face Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Werran
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781526759542
• ISBN: 978-1-5267-5954-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 242 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 561 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War