World War II love stories
Subtitle: at a time of global conflict and upheaval, the true stories of 14 couples who found love
By: Gill Paul ; introduction by Andrew Roberts
Series: Love stories
Publisher: Prospero Books; Ivy Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lewes
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781782400868
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Biography; Social aspects; Man-woman relationships; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Biographies; Aspect social; Relations entre hommes et femmes
Other titles: World War Two love stories
Description: The Second World War played havoc with millions of lives, and all over the world lovers were pulled apart, often just as their stories together were beginning. World War II Love Stories tells the tales of 14 very different couples. Some celebrate the everyday encounter like that of US Private Hudson Turner, who spotted a pretty girl looking out of an upstairs window while he was on shore leave in New Zealand, and called to her to come down and talk to him. Others are more dramatic, like the story of Violette and Étienne Szabo: after he was killed at El Alamein, she became a spy in Occupied France, ultimately dying for the cause. Whatever their final outcome, every story is both atmospheric and profoundly moving, celebrating the human spirit at times of its greatest trial.
Table of contents: title: Coco Chanel & Hans von Dincklage; title: William & Kathleen Anderson; title: Bill & Norma Kay Moore; title: Desmond Paul & Louisa Henry; title: Étienne & Violette Szabo; title: Charley & Jean Paul; title: Dwight D. Eisenhower & Kay Summersby; title: Roger & Rosemarie Williams; title: Allen Dulles & Mary Bancroft; title: Hudson & Betty Turner; title: Bob & Rosie Norwalk; title: Raymond & Lucie Aubrac; title: Hedley & Dorrit Nash; title: Roy Sather & Pill Denman.