Gavin Mortimer, Author at HistoryNet

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The Glamorous American Socialite Who Saved Thousands From the Nazis

by Gavin Mortimer12/20/20221/7/2023

Young and glamorous, wealthy socialite Mary Jayne Gold bucked first impressions to help thousands of refugees escape Vichy France.

Charles Norman Shay’s Job in Normandy Was to Save Lives

by Gavin Mortimer2/28/20223/1/2022

The French Village of Saint-Marcel Bears the Scars of One Dark Day

by Gavin Mortimer12/17/202112/17/2021

(Laurent Allenou)

Feature, Stories

Shot Down in France, An American Airman’s Fate Remained a Mystery for Decades

by Gavin Mortimer7/2/20217/6/2021

Angels From Above: Pioneering Air Evacuation of Wounded in World War II

by Gavin Mortimer4/9/20216/3/2022

Hitler Hoped to Destroy London With His V3 Supergun

by Gavin Mortimer11/5/202011/5/2020

Finding Valor and Meaning on North Africa’s Battlefields

by Gavin Mortimer10/15/202010/17/2020

How Roland Garros Put Machine Guns on Planes and Changed the Course of Aerial Warfare

by Gavin Mortimer4/1/202011/21/2022

Spitfire vs. Hurricane: First RAF Combat of World War II

by Gavin Mortimer10/14/20197/6/2022

France’s U-Boat Bunkers Survived the War—And Thrive Today

by Gavin Mortimer8/14/20191/21/2020