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Taylor Downing

}} Taylor Downing (born 20 July 1953) is a British historian and television producer. He studied at Latymer Upper School and Christ's College, Cambridge University, where he achieved a Double First in History. He worked at the Imperial War Museum and then for Thames Television for several years. In 1982, he formed a production company Flashback Television, for which he produced more than 300 TV documentaries for British and American broadcasters including several long-running series which have won many awards. He has recently written several popular history books.

His books include * ''1942: Britain at the Brink'' * ''1983: The World at the Brink'' (nominated for the Pushkin Book Prize) * ''Night Raid: The True Story of the First Victorious British Para Raid of WWII'' * ''Secret Warriors: Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great War'' * ''Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme'' * ''Spies In The Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence during World War II'' * ''The World at War'' * ''Churchill's War Lab: Code Breakers, Boffins and Innovators: the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory'' * ''Cold War'' with Sir Jeremy Isaacs * ''The Army That Never Was: D-Day and the Great Deception''

Downing is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. Secret warriors
    the spies scientists and code breakers of World War I
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    Published 2015
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  2. 1942
    Winston Churchill and Britain's darkest hour
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    Published 2022
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  3. Churchill's war lab
    code-breakers scientists and the mavericks Churchill led to victory
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    Published 2011
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  4. The army that never was
    George S Patton and the deception of Operation Fortitude
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    Published 2024
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