Joseph Balkoski

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Full Name	Joseph Balkoski
Date Of Birth	Jun 13, 1954(1954-06-13)
Age	70
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Gemini

Joseph Balkoski Biography

Joseph Balkoski is one of the most popular and richest Military Historian who was born on June 13, 1954 in New York, United States.

Joseph Michael Balkoski was born in New York City on June 13, 1954, the son of Itala Tomasulo Balkoski and John Balkoski, a World War II veteran of the Pacific theater. He graduated from Great Neck South Senior High School in June 1971 and later from Vassar College in 1975. He received an M.A. in history from New York University in 1976.

Joseph Balkoski (born June 13, 1954) is an American military historian and wargame designer who has authored eight books on American involvement in the European Theater in World War II, including a five-volume series on the history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II and a two-volume set on American participation in the D-Day invasion. He has also designed 35 board wargames, several of them award-winning.

Joseph Balkoski Net Worth

Joseph Balkoski is one of the richest Military Historian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joseph Balkoski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he moved to Maryland in 1981, by chance he met many residents who were veterans of the D-Day invasion, all members of the 29th Infantry Division, which spearheaded the assault. His first book, Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, was published in 1988 and remains in print thirty years later, was defined by Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, as “an amazing book… If you want to know what D-Day and Normandy were like, from private to general, from rifle to tank, from beginning to end, this is the book for you.” Balkoski’s highly detailed series on the history of the 29th Division in World War II closed in 2015 with the publication of the fifth volume, The Last Roll Call, which recounts the end of the war in Europe and the GIs’ return to civilian life. His thirty-year effort to detail the history of this celebrated outfit was praised by author Rick Atkinson, who described the series as “a magnificent achievement; the U.S. Army and the 29th Division are lucky to have an historian of Joe Balkoski’s stature and skill to tell the tale of combat in Western Europe from the perspective of both the ordinary GI and his leaders.” In 2004, Balkoski published Omaha Beach, which meticulously documented the June 6, 1944, American invasion of that pivotal Normandy objective. Two years later, he released Utah Beach, which told the story of the amphibious and airborne operation in Normandy’ Cotentin Peninsula on D-Day. The two-volume set was critically well received: the Wall Street Journal described Balkoski as “a true maestro of original D-Day history,” while USA Today categorized him as “the top living D-Day historian.”

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