Posts tagged with ‘WWII’
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“Call Nurse Millie” by Jean Fullerton Book Tour
Call Nurse Millie by Jean Fullerton It’s 1945 and, as the troops begin to return home, the inhabitants of London attempt to put their lives back together. For 25-year-old Millie, a qualified nurse and midwife, the jubilation at the end of the war is short-lived as she tends to the needs of the East End community around her. But while […] -
This Day in History March 24, 1944
Have any of you ever seen the film The Great Escape? It is a fantastic film that is based on fact (with many changes to what actually happened). However, that film has probably made this incident extremely popular and well-remembered. It was on this date in 1944, that the Great Escape of Stalag Luft III began. The plan had been […] -
“Tangled Ashes” by Michele Phoenix Book Review
When Marshall Becker arrives in Lamorlaye, France, to begin the massive renovation of a Renaissance-era castle, he unearths a dark World War II history few in the village remember. The project that was meant to provide an escape for Becker instead becomes a gripping glimpse into the human drama that unfolded during the Nazi occupation and seems to live on […] -
“With Every Letter” by Sarah Sundin Book Review
Book 1 in the Wings of the Nightingale series Lt. Mellie Blake is looking forward to beginning her training as a flight nurse. She is not looking forward to writing a letter to a man she’s never met–even if it is anonymous and part of a morale-building program. Lt. Tom MacGilliver, an officer stationed in North Africa, welcomes the idea […]