id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5512 John Wheeler-Bennett - Wikipedia .html text/html 2595 214 64 Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett GCVO CMG OBE FBA FRSL (13 October 1902 – 9 December 1975) was a conservative English historian of German and diplomatic history, and the official biographer of King George VI. From 1940 onwards, Wheeler-Bennett helped to establish the British Information Service in New York City, an agency charged with trying to persuade the United States to enter the war on the Allied side and better present the British case to the US press.[3] While here, he was a supporter of the German Resistance to Hitler and became friendly with Adam von Trott zu Solz.[citation needed] The History Makers: Leaders And Statesmen of The 20th Century, edited by Lord Frank Pakenham Longford and Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, chronologies and editorial assistance by Christine Nicholls, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. ^ Wheeler-Bennett, John The Nemesis of Power, London: Macmillan, 1967 page 208. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5512.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5512.txt