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Anthony Kemp (historian)
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Anthony Kemp (1939 – 29 January 2018) was an English writer, journalist and military historian specialising in the history of World War II.
Anthony Kemp was born in London in 1939, he had a clear memory of the preparations for D-Day in the Hampshire village where he lived as a child. Educated at Brighton College, after service in the Royal Air Force, he spent several years in Germany before returning to study modern history at Pembroke College, Oxford. After a short period as a university lecturer, Kemp worked for twelve years as researcher, producer, and director of documentary programmes for British television, notably Television South.
He was associated with a number of award-winning documentary productions on the Second World War, including Nan Red, the story of D-Day at Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados. He was author of numerous books on various aspects of military and contemporary history and was a contributor to several academic journals. He lived in France in the early 1990s, where he was a writer and freelance television director. He published seven books at Éditions Gallimard, including four works in the collection "Découvertes Gallimard".
He had a keen interest in the commanders of World War II, he authored Men-at-Arms 120: Allied Commanders of World War II and Men-at-Arms 124: German Commanders of World War II, published at Osprey Publishing. In addition to works on military history, Kemp also wrote Witchcraft and Paganism Today back in 1995, and was co-author of Practical Paganism in 1996.
Weapons & Equipment of the Marlborough Wars, Blandford Press, 1980
The Unknown Battle: Metz, 1944, Stein and Day, 1981
Men-at-Arms 120: Allied Commanders of World War II, Osprey Publishing, 1982
Men-at-Arms 124: German Commanders of World War II, Osprey Publishing, 1982
Springboard for Overlord: Hampshire and the D-Day Landings , Milestone Publications, 1984
The Secret Hunters, Michael O’Mara Books, 1986
Escape from Berlin, BOXTREE, 1987
The Maginot Line: Myth & Reality, Military Heritage Press, 1988
Southampton at War, 1939–45, Ensign Publications, 1989
The SAS at War, 1941–1945, John Murray Pubs Ltd, 1992
The SAS: Savage Wars of Peace, 1947 to the Present, John Murray Pubs Ltd, 1994
D-Day: The Normandy Landings and the Liberation of Europe, ‘New Horizons’ series.
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