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November 11, 2014
Veteran’s Day – Remembering Military Families & a BOGO Offer
In Where Treetops Glisten the Turner siblings are celebrating Christmas against the backdrop of World War II. In honor of the brave veterans and the legacy they handed down, Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman, and I wanted to talk about how we can still honor and support our troops today! Over the next few weeks we’ll share ways to make Christmas special for our service-members and their families.
Today Tricia Goyer shares “Send Christmas Cheer to a Soldier.”
On November 18, Cara Putman will share “Spread Love This Holiday Season to Military Spouses.”
On November 25, I’ll post “Cheer for the Children – Tips to Give a Military Kid a Merry Christmas.”
In addition, our publisher, WaterBrook Multnomah, has an amazing Buy One Get One Free offer! Buy a copy of Where Treetops Glisten and receive a FREE book for your favorite soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine!
Buy a copy of Where Treetops Glisten by Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman, and Sarah Sundin from your favorite retailer, and pick another WaterBrook Multnomah book FREE from the approved list of available titles: Where Treetops Glisten, The Next Christians by Gabe Lyons, Radical by David Platt, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson, and Thief of Glory by Sigmund Brouwer. We will match one for one, up to five books per order and address, while supplies last. You must purchase your copy of Where Treetops Glisten from a retailer between November 11, 2014 and November 26, 2014 (11:59pm PT) and FILL OUT THE FORM by November 26, 2014 (11:59pm PT) in order to receive your free book(s). The free book(s) will be shipped separately from your purchased order and will arrive by December 19, 2014. Open to U.S. residents only with a valid U.S. street address. You must be 18 years or older to participate.
Today in World War II History—November 11, 1939 & 1944
Badge of First Brazilian Fighter Group, WWII
75 Years Ago—Nov. 11, 1939: Queen Elizabeth calls on British women to participate in war effort.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 11, 1944: In Italy, First Brazilian Fighter Group begins operations with US Twelfth Air Force in P-47 Thunderbolts. In Japanese convoy to Luzon, US naval aircraft sink all 4 Japanese transports and 4 of 6 destroyers (Hamanami, Naganami, Shimakaze, Wakatsuki).
November 10, 2014
Today in World War II History—November 10, 1939 & 1944
Americans destroy Hengyang Airfield in China as Japanese advance, June 1944 (US Army Air Force photo)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 10, 1939: “The Venlo Incident”—Germans kidnap two British agents in Dutch town of Venlo to accuse them of the previous day’s assassination attempt on Hitler.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 10, 1944: Japanese take US air bases at Kweilin and Liuchow in their drive through southern China.
November 9, 2014
Today in World War II History—November 9, 1939 & 1944
The Nobel Prize
75 Years Ago—Nov. 9, 1939: Adolf Hitler survives assassination attempt at the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. Nobel Prize for physics awarded to Ernest Lawrence for the cyclotron.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 9, 1944: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Red Cross.
November 8, 2014
Today in World War II History—November 8, 1939 & 1944
Map of the Battle of the Scheldt (Schelde). (US Army Center of Military History)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 8, 1939: Finland refuses Soviet demand for territory.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 8, 1944: Canadians secure Scheldt Estuary to protect port of Antwerp, Belgium. US Third Army begins offensive against Siegfried line toward Metz, France. Luftwaffe ace Walter Nowotny killed as his Me 262 crashes after his 258th victory. British launch offensive in western Burma toward Akyab.
November 7, 2014
Birthday Giveaway – plus International Giveaway!
I’m celebrating! My birthday is tomorrow – and my novel Blue Skies Tomorrow is now available in German! To celebrate, I’m giving away books! Lots of books!
First, I’m giving away my most recent novel, In Perfect Time, the third book in the Wings of the Nightingale series.
Do you speak Dutch, Portuguese, or German? Do you know someone who does? Or someone who is learning?
I’m giving away one copy each of the following books:
In Dutch:
A Distant Melody (Een Verre Melodie)
A Memory Between Us (Op Zilveren Vleugels)
In Portuguese:
A Distant Melody (Nas Asas do Amor)
A Memory Between Us (Nas Asas da Memoria)
Blue Skies Tomorrow (Nas Asas do Amanha)
In German:
A Distant Melody (Der Klang Deiner Gedanken)
A Memory Between Us (Der Duft der Freiheit)
Blue Skies Tomorrow (Das Strahlen des Himmels)
This giveaway is open to my international friends – except where prohibited by law. To enter, please leave a comment, listing which book(s) you’d like to win. Also tell me your favorite birthday!
Giveaway ends Tuesday, November 11 at 11pm PST, and I’ll announce the winner here on my blog on Thursday, November 13.
Today in World War II History—November 7, 1944
Thomas Dewey & Franklin D. Roosevelt (both images Library of Congress)
70 Years Ago—Nov. 7, 1944: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term, defeating Thomas Dewey. British Eighth Army opens drive for Forli, Italy. Japanese execute Soviet spy Richard Sorge.
November 6, 2014
Today in World War II History—November 6, 1939 & 1944
US merchant ship City of Flint (City of Vancouver archives)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 6, 1939: Nazi-captured US freighter City of Flint returned to her American crew by Norway.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 6, 1944: In central Burma, British and Chinese drive toward Mandalay. Yugoslavian partisans take Monastir, Yugoslavia, securing entire border with Greece.
November 5, 2014
Book Beat – For Such a Time by Kate Breslin
2014 has been an excellent year for Christian fiction set during World War II. For Such a Time by Kate Breslin sets the biblical story of Esther in Nazi Germany. Stella Muller is Jewish but looks Aryan. Drawn by Stella’s beauty, SS Kommandant Aric von Schmidt rescues Stella from a firing squad and spirits her away to his home outside the transit camp at Theresienstadt. Stella conceals her faith to save her life, but finds herself pulled into the lives of the Jews in the camp, including her beloved uncle, Morty. Aric wrestles between his gruesome duties and his natural compassion and honor, and Stella finds herself falling for this man in spite of herself. But will Stella be able to stand up for her people, and what hope possibly remains for either Stella or Aric?
For Such a Time has received well-deserved raves. Kate Breslin‘s debut novel is impressive on so many levels. The story is compelling, beautiful, with seemingly insurmountable odds. The characters are complex and believable, and you can’t help but wonder what you’d do in either Stella or Aric’s shoes. And the message of courage and sacrifice and honor is timeless. Please read this book. You will not be disappointed.
Today in World War II History—November 5, 1944
Boeing B-29 Superfortress (US Air Force photo)
70 Years Ago—Nov. 5, 1944: US B-29s bomb Japanese-occupied Singapore for the first time.
