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Niels Henkemans
@niels1944.bsky.social
Specialist on Normandy 1944, esp. the Cotentin Peninsula. Author of 'Defending Normandy' (2024): https://www.panzerwrecks.com/product/defending-normandy-vol-1/
Love history books but prefer to study the records myself. Try it.
Thanks for the suggestion Andrew. 👍 I'll keep that in mind if my other options are unsuccessful.
September 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Hi Norma, I know it can be awkward to get support from people when it feels like you cannot give something back but you are giving something back even if it isn't to the same person. Doing your research and sharing it is a great way to help people forward and something you can and should be proud of
July 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks Paul. Certainly sounds like a good place to start 👍
July 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Always 😂
June 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Glad it arrived. If I had known your copy hadn't arrived months ago I would have changed that much sooner. 😉
Enjoy!
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
7/7
Links to more talks can be found in the playlists on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@nielshenkem...

And again, my books are available at www.panzerwrecks.com?s=henkemans&...

Buying directly from the publisher is the best way to support my research. Thank you all!
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Niels Henkemans
Welcome to my channel. It is intended to accompany my work on my Defending Normandy book series. I will use it to post updates about my research, activities and other stuff you may find interesting.
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Another book talk I did was with @philipwblood.bsky.social for Fallout Substack. We talked a bit more about aspects of my book not covered in other book talks.
fallout.substack.com/p/niels-henk...
Niels Henkemans Video Talk
Talking "Defending Normandy", his upcoming book.
fallout.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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A short but interesting show is about the German attack on Sainte-Mère-Église on 7 June 1944. It illustrates how much information you can get from a single photo if you know what you are looking at. And in the process we busted some myths: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezjR...
Knocked out Stug - June 7th Normandy (Sainte-Mère-Église)
YouTube video by WW2TV
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
4/7
When it comes to stories with an impact, my research into Dead Man's Corner means a lot to me. We got to put the names back into a well known story. It led to a son knowing more about his father's fate and an a forgotten man's grave being cleaned and visited. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbwn...
Dead Man's Corner - Carentan with the 101st Airborne and 70th Tank Battalion
YouTube video by WW2TV
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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When my second book came out last December I took the opportunity to talk about Normandy in the years before D-Day. It includes info from the books, but also stuff I had to leave out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xD...

Both books can be bought at: www.panzerwrecks.com?s=henkemans&...
Defending Normandy - 1940-1944
YouTube video by WW2TV
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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As a researcher/author last year's D-Day talk about my first book is the most important to me. It shows how I work and comes with info about the 91st Luftlande Division. Unfortunately it got swamped by the 80th anniversary content and still has only very few views www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBZm...
DDay 80 - 6 June Livestream - Defending Normandy (with Niels Henkemans)
YouTube video by WW2TV
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM