Second World War fiction Books

In de vroege ochtend van 1 september begonnen de luidsprekers van de verschillende eenheden van de kazerne te loeien.Ze hieven allemaal hun hoofd op, geschrokken.De omroeper kondigde aan dat de Duitse Führer zijn volk zou toespreken.En toen hoorden...

Es dauerte nicht lange zu sinken.Er tat es vor der Korvette, deren Struktur noch immer über dem Wasser auftauchte und die Geschwindigkeit allen seinen Männern keine Zeit ließ, aus dem Rumpf zu steigen, der sie auf den Grund des Ozeans zog...

Appoggiato un po' sul retro della trincea, osservò il denso fumo che si allontanava dalla città di Dunkerque.Era chiaro che lì c'erano combattimenti spietati e che gli uomini in città dovevano passare un brutto momento...

A heart-wrenching love story for the ages - inspired by true eventsEastern Prussia, 1944: Young lovers Annie and Werner are separated from each other when he is drafted into Hitler's Volkssturm. While the SS orders Werner to remove the...

Der sowjetischen Unterdrückung zu entkommen, ist leichter gesagt als getan...Zara will das Berlin der Nachkriegszeit endlich hinter sich lassen und freut sich auf eine bessere Zukunft in der amerikanischen Zone. Aber auf dem Weg dorthin wird sie von...

Based on a true story…Goodbyes were always hard, especially when it might be forever. The women on the station turned away with tears, images of their husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and boyfriends disappearing through the smoke. Dorothy stood...

Amid the chaos of Hitler's conquest of Europe, a family teeters on the edge of utter destruction.Trudy is still obsessed with her sister's husband, Max. But Max is torn between his loyalty to his wife, Margot, and giving in to Trudy, who might turn him...

When Karl Conrad uncovers his grandfather's shocking past after inheriting his estate, he finds himself pulled into a high-stakes quest for justice - and a race to stop sinister forces from unleashing unspeakable evil. Karl teams up with the alluring...

Eighteen-year-old Blažena is attempting to escape the drudgery of her job in a pharmacy into a world of imagination and fancy when a chance encounter with a handsome young film director leads to an opportunity she had never dreamed of: acting in motion...

The moment you start reading you won't be able to put it down.Step into a riveting WWII saga as Peter Wayman and Anne Colyer's lives are upended by the German Luftwaffe during 'The Blitz.' Follow their journey from London's East End to the nuclear...

1940: Dover waits for the Nazi invasion... but what if Hitler's agents are already here, among them?Canadian journalist Jessica Marshall is reporting from Dover as the town is on the brink of a German invasion. But her story never makes it into the paper...

The next instalment in the Pilot's Girl series from bestselling author Fenella J Miller.January 1944Heavily pregnant, Barbara is looking forward to welcoming her new baby. But with her husband Alex still away flying and fighting the Germans, she fears he...

The next instalment in the Pilot's Girl series from bestselling author Fenella J MillerMarch 1941Recently married, Barbara should now be enjoying her life as a newlywed, but she is plagued by a secret that she must keep hidden if she wants to keep the...

In this poignant tale of loss and redemption, a young woman's wartime secrets threaten to unravel her carefully rebuilt life. 1937. On the eve of her debutante season in London, Lucia Blake rebels against her domineering father and his...

Please note this book was previously published as Aunt Letitia.London, 1940.Letitia Warner has kept many secrets over the course of her ninety-one years. Now, she must choose what to tell - and what to take to her grave.Letitia wants nothing more than to...

Immerse yourself in the brand NEW World War II saga from bestselling author Chrissie Walsh.As World War II takes its toll on Liverpool, only friendship and community can keep the women of Weaver Street smiling.The neighbours on Liverpool's Weaver Street...

Out of the Shoebox is an incredible mystery based on real events unfolding around memories of an aging American veteran that occurred during WWII. This twofold story line, full of twists and turns, set against a wartime backdrop in Great Britain, is now...

Three Jewish teenage students escape from Poland in 1940 before the German occupation is complete. Although reluctant to go, they leave their families behind, anticipating returning to them after the war. This novel focuses on their lives from the moment...

"One of the neatest, most realistic stories about the RAF during WW II. Having flown Mustangs out of England in 1943, 1944 and 1945, this book brought back a lot of fond memories of my combat days in the P-51 Mustang." Brig. General Charles F...

Three years before the Holocaust came the first holocaust, the one that nobody hears about. It stole the lives of thousands of children.In 1930s Germany, before the war, Anna Himmel was Henry Schultz's secret first love and a child-prodigy violinist...

A U.S. submarine captain fights, along with his crew, against the Japanese in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations.We start with his boat newly arrived in western Australia, and operating in enemy waters in Southeast Asia and the Philippine...

Chicago, 1942. Can a reclusive and cynical factory janitor prevent the IRA from changing history?With US participation in World War II getting underway, John Mackenzie Simmons III “Mack” is in a difficult position. His draft status is 4F. He...

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A historical fiction novel about Eddie Roth, a young man forced to live without a mother's love, who channels his discontentment and anger into the boxing ring. Eddie Roth was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York to immigrants Gussie and Sam. Sam, who...

Surrexit de Caelo es una novela de ciencia ficción que te sumerge en un mundo alternativo lleno de misterio y suspense. La historia se desarrolla en un escenario donde la realidad tal como la conocemos ha sido alterada y los nazis han conquistado gran...

Sometimes, love and devotion can be the most dangerous battlefield. In an era where the shadows of war loom large, a story of love, resilience, and friendship unfolds. An ancient oak tree, a silent witness to simpler times, watches as four childhood...

This is the second part of the Carrigan Chronicles, Erin Rise. After the end of Jasper and the Salamander, Jasper, Maeve, and the gang are back to help Erin navigate her new destiny. Erin is thrust into a world of mythological deities and powers...

The boy was murdered in Auschwitz. The killer isn't a Nazi.Poland, 1944: Adam Lapid used to be a police detective. Now he's a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz.Reduced to a slave after losing his family in the gas chambers, Adam struggles...

Die erfolgreiche Sabotage der Panzerfabrik ist ein Triumph des französischen Widerstands gegen die deutschen Besatzer - aber Mathieu Trudeaus Freude über den mühsam erkämpften Sieg währt nur kurz.Seine Auftraggeber verdächtigen ihn, seinen Erfolg nur...

Can Greta Kolbe escape Nazi Vienna and reach America before her past and the Gestapo catch up to her?"Vienna on Fire provides a gripping and historically accurate account of the resilience of the human spirit amid the darkest of times."-Erin Britton, San...

Heidelberg, 1938Doctor Sárkány's career is crumbling. The once eminent pathologist begins to lose everything that he holds dear - his reputation, position and pride. But what of his wife, Éva? What of his twin daughters and unborn son? Surely his family...

She's ready to serve. Even if it means heading straight into danger.England, 1940. Shedding a tear as she says goodbye to her new fiancé when he leaves to fight, Lily Baker begins her own journey in the ATS.Thrilled after she wins the assignment to...

An American Family. A world war.A first love. A small hotel.It's the summer of 1941. Europe is at war, but New York's Thousand Islands are at the height of the tourist season. Kennet Fiskare, son of a hotel proprietor, is having the summer of a lifetime,...

What does it take to attain the American Dream of liberty and justice for all?What is demanded of us as individuals and as a nation?Explore these questions as aging World War II veteran Hiroshi Koga tells his life story, from the days he and other...

ISLANDS: Far On The Ringing Plains                          INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTSIn the spirit of The Thin Red Line, Hacksaw...

"...a gripping saga backed by historical precedent and individual lives alike." –Midwest Book ReviewTwo distinct voices emerge: one, a jaded ex-cop, the other, an aging, but spirited German lady, telling her story of love, war, ethics,...

In the shadow of pre-WWII Germany, 17-year-old Ilse finds herself alone, pregnant, and penniless-betrayed by her family and thrust into the arms of Lebensborn, the Nazis' secretive program designed to propagate Aryan purity.Yet, Ilse harbors a perilous...

In 1939, native-born Polish and Belarusian citizen Sergei Bravo embarked on a journey to save his motherland from the Nazi regime's destructive forces, first as an air defense sergeant and later as a Soviet NKVD agent. In a war-torn country marred...

As Anglo-American leaders gather to plan the defeat of Nazi Germany, Hitler orders the death of President Franklin Roosevelt to derail the conference. Brandon Armitage, a Canadian veteran of the Great War, has joined Canada's Volunteer Guard to oversee...

Meaningful and melancholic, Street Signs and Shaded Goodbyes follows Greg and Violet Eastmor as they wander through loss in the wake of World War II. Faced with the death of Violet's brother and the diminishing days of his old black dog, they set off on...

Amsterdam, 1941Their whole world is about to shatter.German forces have invaded the Netherlands, but the Dutch are trying desperately to believe it won't be that bad. Meanwhile, Nazis openly terrorize Jewish people on the streets. Rumors of bone-chilling...

Die lang erwartete Fortsetzung der Liebesgeschichte von Ursula und dem britischen Piloten Tom ist da!Sie zu lieben ist ein Verbrechen...... das seine gesamte Militärkarriere ruinieren könnte.Der britische Royal Air Force Pilot Tom Westlake versucht...

Loving her is a crime...... that could ruin his entire military career.RAF pilot Tom is desperate to find the woman he left behind in Nazi Germany. When he finally does, he discovers he can never be with her.Too deep are the wounds of their nations from...

In 1942 France, the unoccupied "Zone Libre" was anything but free. Oliver Carmichael has settled into Lyon after his hurried escape from occupied Paris. He owns his own cabaret and directs his own band. But his destiny is not his own when a French...

Nicholas Dixon lives with his mother and brother in London, England between the world wars. His father, Wilfrid, once with the First Battalion, First Canadian Regiment in the trenches of the Great War, now works in the coalmines of South Leeds and rarely...

A story of optimism, resilience, and hope by the people left at home during World War 11. A young girl with reading disabilities and lacking in confidence takes on the running of Willup Hall and the estate farms. She successfully increases food...

Maggie Brady lives in Bootle, Liverpool. She is just sixteen when World War Two breaks out in Europe. Maggie and her family must face the possibility of a terrifying Blitz that could destroy all they hold dear.Her father works at the heart of the...

"I believe in you," Amélie says. She peers up at me, her eyes alight with passion and pain. "Even the ocean wasn't wide enough to keep us apart." June 6, 1944. Gazing over the ocean, Eddie sits on the edge of a stone wall overlooking the beach. The...