World War II Historian Rick Atkinson & “The Guns At Last Light”

By Joseph Cooper,

Published October 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM EDT

10/06/14 - Join us for Monday’s Topical Currents. We learn about little-known details of the largest military operation in history: World War II’s “Operation Overlord.” Allied forces began it on “D-Day,” in June of 1944. The planning was meticulous, and the result was the beginning of the end for Hitler’s global domination plan. Literary contributor Ariel Gonzalez speaks with historian Rick Atkinson about his latest book, THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT. That’s Topical Currents . . . Monday at 1pm.

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