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Richard Overy

Acting

Born December 23, 1947 · London, United Kingdom

Also known as Richard James Overy

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Biography

Richard James Overy (FRHistS, FBA) is an award winning British historian who is the author of many histories of World War II and Nazi Germany. Educated at University of Cambridge, and a professor at University of Exeter, his reputation was enhanced with several works of scholarship, especially "Why the Allies Won" and "The Air War: 1939–1945".

Awards & recognition

  • Hessell-Tiltman Prize · 2005
  • Wolfson History Prize · 2005
  • T. S. Ashton Prize · 1983
  • Fellow of the British Academy
  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Filmography3 titles

Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy

2021as Himself

WWII From Space

2012as Self - Prof., University of Exeter

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

2009Scientific Consultant