Historical person
Frank L. Howley
1903–1993
Frank L. Howley was a United States Army officer who served as commandant of the American sector of Berlin after the Second World War. During the Berlin Blockade he became an outspoken defender of the western position and helped administer a divided city under increasingly hostile four-power occupation.
The biographical record places the beginning of Frank L. Howley’s life at Hampton and the end at Warrenton, giving the career a geographical span that is not apparent from the headline events alone. Frank L.
In Giles Milton’s Checkmate in Berlin, the relationship between American commandant Frank Howley and Soviet commandant Aleksandr Kotikov becomes a close view of the widening conflict between the former allies.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Frank L. Howley (1 book)
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