![]() His next book, about the Battle of the Bulge, The Longest Winter, 2004, focused in particular on World War II's most decorated platoon, an I&R unit commanded by 20-year-old Lyle Bouck Jr. The resulting book, The Bedford Boys, 2003, became a New York Times best-seller. ![]() While writing a 2002 biography, Blood and Champagne, about Robert Capa, the celebrated war photographer, Kershaw came across the story of Bedford, Virginia and its sacrifice on D-Day, 6 June 1944, on Dog Green sector of Omaha beach. Kershaw's journalism has appeared in many magazines and newspapers since 1990, varying from investigative pieces and reportage to interviews with subjects ranging from Frank Zappa, Alger Hiss and Gary Kasparov to the boxer Max Schmeling and dozens of World War II veterans. He taught history before working as a journalist for several British newspapers, including The Guardian, The Independent and The Sunday Times. Born in York, England, in 1966, Kershaw attended University College, Oxford where he studied politics, philosophy and economics. ![]()
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