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Porta struggles to keep the heavy tank between the marching soldiers. One moment of inattention, and he will bulldoze an entire company. An enormous fireball strikes the bushes in front of the vehicle. The panzer soldiers jump head first from the tanks for cover. With frightened eyes and beating hearts they lay in the sun, waiting for death. A great wall of fire rises towards the sky. - Stalin organ, Heide mumbles terrified. Porta speeds up the engine. The tank plows through sun and water. They are near Moscow, 1941.

It is freezing 38 degrees. Stalingrad, the winter of 1942-1943. A chilling wind sweeps over the plains, slinging ice crystals into our faces. We are marching past thousands of frozen bodies. The SS-general is marching in front of the convoy, silently and withdrawn. He is angry. We realized that a while back. A fanatic who wishes to die in battle. And the SS-general wants to take as many to die with him as possible. "MOVING STUDY IN THE STALINGRAD CAMPAIGN...

Rumor has it; they are being moved to Warsaw. Heide, who is always informed, claims that all hell is loose over there. There is talk of a German pullback from the eastern frontline. Thousands of British paratroops have landed and Polish soldiers converge on from the woods. But the Polish army is already doomed. Not only by the Reichsführer Himmler in Berlin, but also by Marshal Stalin. The Polish nationalists vainly beg the Red Army for help. But it has already been decided that the Polish communists are to take over Poland.

Krieg, Schmerz und Leid und inmitten dieser Gegebenheiten ein Arzt, der sich von all dem nicht von seiner Berufung abbringen lassen will: Leben retten. Unter den widrigsten Umständen kämpft der Stabsarzt Dr. Böhler um das Leben von Tausenden Gefangenen in einem Lager vor dem kriegsgebeutelten Stalingrad. Doch als seine Kollegen, der Assistenzarzt Dr. Schultheiß und die Kapitänsärztin Dr. Kasalinsskaja, eine verhängnisvolle Affäre miteinander beginnen, muss Jens Schultheiß auch um sein eigenes Leben fürchten.

The Legionnaire swings the MG-muzzle. The smoke eats its way into the officers’ stomachs. They drop to the snow-covered ground, coloring it red. Bestial shrieks sound from the woods as a wave of fur clad soldiers storm out. They are near the Finish-Russian frontline. The machine guns snarl till the magazines are emptied. Old Man’s platoon, with Tiny the giant and Porta in the lead, fights a rough battle behind Russian lines.

Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures.

Emerging triumphant from the firing line of war is no easy feat... In war-torn Warsaw, Anna joins the Polish resistance, risking everything for freedom with memories of her fanatical Nazi husband fueling her determination. As she grows close to the resistance, a kind doctor named Mateusz ignites dreams of a different life. But her happiness is shattered when her husband resurfaces. Now, Anna must masquerade as his wife once more to gather vital information.

"England, 1940. Dearest Ruby, you must have heard the news by now. The very worst has happened. Our countries are at war. What can I do? How can I stop this nightmare from happening? One day soon we’ll be together again. I swear. I love you. E. x". Ruby Summers is a tapestry of memories, her ninety-six years laced with both love and loss. The echoes of a wartime Norfolk summer, where young Ruby's heart entwined with Edmondo's under orchard skies, are as vivid as ever. Yet a single, haunting secret - born from a love tested by war and a betrayal that shattered her - remains locked within her.

Vowing to honour her dead father's memory, 23-year-old Wanda throws herself into the Polish resistance, risking her life to transport ammunition for the uprising against the Nazis. But a clandestine meeting with an informant reveals a shocking twist. The man before her is the very soldier who took her father's life. Claiming to be a double agent, the informant sparks doubt, forcing Wanda to make a life-altering decision: trust the man she hates most in the world or jeopardize her network's crucial mission.

Vem är Mira Blauman? Faktum är att hon själv har svårt att svara på det. Hon har levt hela sitt liv i Stockholm, men modern Hannas förflutna har gjort hennes bakgrund till ett mysterium. Vem fadern var har hon ingen aning om. Varje gång hon har frågat sin mor har hon fått olika svar. Men vad hade Mira egentligen förväntat sig? Upplevelserna i Auschwitz, med Doktor Mengeles fruktansvärda experiment, har satt djupa spår i Hanna och tvillingsystern Rosa. Så till den grad att Hanna blivit psykisk sjuk.

I foråret 1943 sidder den unge franske filosof Simone Weil på et kontor i London og arbejder på en rapport for De Gaulles franske eksilregering. Sammen med sine forældre er hun året forinden flygtet til New York på grund af nazisternes jødeforfølgelser, men der kunne hun umuligt blive. Hun er – mener hun selv – nødt til at tage del i al den lidelse som Anden Verdenskrig afstedkommer i Europa. Hun vil fysisk ind i kampen mod nazismen.

"All the World" (1919) takes place in the aftermath of the Great War. The soldiers are back but they are struggling to settle down again, and so are the women who worked so hard during the war as well. One Sunday, after Dr. Ward’s sermon, something happens that will turn the life in his town upside down.

Chock och förödande konsekvenser väntar Harry och Emma Clifton, sir Giles Barrington och Lady Virginia när ett självmordsbrev läses upp i rätten. Samtidigt finns det gott om andra saker för samtliga inblandade att oroa sig över. Lady Virginias dåliga finanser ser ut att vara bortom all räddning - ända tills en intet ont anande amerikan dyker upp.

In den ersten drei Teilen der Fliegergeschichten, die im Zweiten Weltkrieg spielen, wird uns das Kriegsjahr 1940 aus verschiedenen Perspektiven geschildert. Der deutsche Pilot Christoph Löhr traut der Ruhe vor dem Sturm nicht. John F. Fitzgerald ist ein junger amerikanischer Pilot und muss in der Luftschlacht um England mitkämpfen, während sich seine Freundin aus der Ferne um ihren Geliebten sorgt.

The First World War has left the world in agony. Disillusionment, hopelessness, and horror are rife when a despondent author gets a visit by Father Time and Father Christmas, who come to raise his spirits. He wishes for better days, but the war has taken everything, turning him into a hopeless and angry nihilist. Nevertheless, the Christmas spirit is here to bring hope and another chance at happiness.

Eine meisterhaft poetische Erzählung über Kriegskinder, die viel zu schnell erwachsen werden mussten. Berlin, 1945. Fanny Holzbein, die eigentlich Fanny Salbei heißt, und Charlotte sind unzertrennlich. Ihre Freundin ist alles, was Fanny noch geblieben ist. Und dann gibt es da noch die vier Nachbarsjungen, mit denen sie einst spielten, die nun Kindersoldaten sind und zwischen Verteidigungswahn und Vaterlandstreue alles hinter sich lassen mussten, was mit unbeschwertem Kindsein zu tun hat.

"Dodo Wonders" is the third and final installment in the "Dodo" series by E. F. Benson. The series was rumoured to be based on Lady Asquith, though she herself claimed that she had little in common with the character of Dodo - except the splendour of her drawing-room, perhaps. The glitzy life of Lady Dodo Chesterford is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of World War I. Along with her husband and their friends, Lady Dodo is faced with the challenge of rapidly adapting to an unfamiliar and dangerous new environment.

Eletään jatkosodan aikoja vuonna 1942. Pakkasta on yli kolmekymmentä astetta, kun majuri haluaa lähettää sissijoukon Äänisen toiselle puolelle. Tavoitteena on tiedustella Äänisjärven itäpuolella oleva Vytegran kaupungin alue. Ylikersantti ei ole asiasta innoissaan. Pakkasen lisäksi upottavaa lunta on paljon ja Vytegran kaupungissa on vihollisen sissitorjuntapataljoona. Valinnanvaraa ei kuitenkaan ole - ja niin ylikersantti sissijoukkoineen lähtee hurjalle matkalle yli Äänisen.

Lappi vuonna 1941. Saksalaiset joukot haluavat hyökätä kohti Neuvostoliittoa. Mukaan tarvitaan kuitenkin myös suomalaisia, joten vänrikki Jussi Räikkönen ryhtyy keräämään suomalaista sissijoukkuetta. Diili vaikuttaa hyvältä, sillä suomalaiset sotilaat pääsevät kuntoisuuslomalle ja saavat nauttia saksalaisten sotilaiden arvokkaista hyödykkeistä, kuten tupakasta. Kaikki ei kuitenkaan ole sitä miltä näyttää - ja pian suomalaiset sissit joutuvat huomaamaan tehtävän olevan jotain muuta kuin alun perin oli luvattu.

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