Cold snap
Francis King
The late 1940s and the volcanic dislocations in the aftermath of WWII serve as the setting for this dramatic exploration of post-war British life.
Read Time: ~4.9 hr
Sovet︠s︡kai︠a︡ agentura
by Dzheffri Burds (2006)
About this book
This book is based on documents that were secret once and have became secret closed documents again after the revolution of 1992. These documents are from archives of national security of Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain and the United States. The book illuminates dramatic events in West Ukraine in the years after WWII, and covers National resistence bandit groups in West Ukraine and their struggle with Soviet ascendancy and the Soviet regime.
Setting / LocationLondon & UK
Story EraWWII Era
Protagonist / CoreSovet︠s︡kai︠a︡ agentura Lead Character
Readers who enjoyed this also loved
The People's War
Felicity Goodall
A collection of photographs and accounts documenting everyday life on Britain's home front during WWII. It presents the stories of the men, women and children left at home who dug for victory, knitted for victory, waved goodbye to loved ones, accommodated strangers, went out to work and who provided support to the troops on the frontline.
The last escape
Ruth Aliav and Peggy Mann
Most of us think of the Mossad as the Israeli equivalent to America's CIA. That is correct today (2017), but in the late 1930s, the Mossad was made up of nine men and one woman--Ruth Kluger. Their purpose was to spirit Europe's Jews into, as they called it, "Eretz Israel", the "Land of Israel". Since Great Britain had severely restricted legal Jewish immigration to Palestine (the "Aliyah Aleph"), the Mossad smuggled Jews into Palestine (the "Aliyah Beth"). Ruth tells her story from the time she was recruited into the Mossad through the end of World War II and the establishment of the State of Israel. The book is much more interesting than this synopsis, believe me. And Ruth Kluger-Aliav (she changed her name when she emigrated to Israel) is not to be confused with Ruth Kluger, a professor emerita of German studies at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Kluger (b. 1931) was deported from Vienna and spent time in concentration camps as a child; her book *Still Alive* tells of those experiences.
The End of the Beginning
Tim Clayton and Phil Craig
Clayton and Craig’s work covers the pivotal period of May to November 1942. Focussing their narrative on north Africa, they nevertheless clarify the contribution Malta’s dogged resistance made to bringing about this first British victory of the war to date. Ranging widely, this history touches on the experience of an American soldier caught up in the raid on Dieppe, RAF bomber crews flying into Europe from British airfields, and a nurse working in appalling conditions in a hospital in Malta. More than a dozen individuals, many of which will inspire your emotional investment, have their stories stitched together to present this solid and comprehensive account of a wildly dynamic theatre of war. Fittingly, each one is eulogised in the book’s short epilogue.