World War II love stories : at a time of global conflict and upheaval, the true stories of 14 couples who found love

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. - Moving, real-life love stories from the greatest conflict in recent history, with atmospheric photographs and ephemera for every couple. - Includes the tales of couples who crossed class and country divides to be with one another – and tells what happened to them after the war. 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. Coco Chanel & Hans von Dincklage William & Kathleen Anderson Bill & Norma Kay Moore Desmond Paul & Louisa Henry Étienne & Violette Szabo Charley & Jean Paul Dwight D. Eisenhower & Kay Summersby Roger & Rosemarie Williams Allen Dulles & Mary Bancroft Hudson & Betty Turner Bob & Rosie Norwalk Raymond & Lucie Aubrac Hedley & Dorrit Nash Roy Sather & Pill Denman. World War II Love Stories tell the inforgettable stories of those couples brought together by war. They are enduring tales of great love, intense passion, and often tragedy, but most of all they are tales that celebrate the human spirit at its time of greatest trial