Any suggestions for historical fiction around World War II era

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TROUBLED SLEEP by Jean-Paul Sartre. Takes place in France during the early years of the Second World War.

GONE TO SEA IN A BUCKET by David Black. Depicts life aboard a Royal Navy submarine during the early years of the War.

THE MAN FROM BERLIN by Luke McCallin. A soul-searing story set in war torn Yugoslavia centered around a German military intelligence officer. (Book 1 in a 3-novel series.)

A SHARE OF HONOUR by Alexander Fullerton. Fullerton, himself a Second World War veteran, has crafted a fantastic story set in the Mediterranean and in the Far East during a critical time in the War, when an Allied victory seemed doubtful.

Boat of Stone.

We are the Lucky Ones

The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, supposed to be great.

Just finished a new one – The Silver Music Box. Excellent. This is a good list.

These have probably already been suggested, but if not Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance are must-reads for anyone looking for WW2 historical fiction. They’re many years old, but sooo good!

The Nightingale

The Sixth Lamentation.

The Postmistress

A SOLDIER’S LEGACY by Heinrich Böll. This novel offers a poignant description of the life of a German soldier on occupation duty in France during 1943 and his befriending of a lieutenant whose concern for the welfare of those under his command has put him in hot water with his brother officers. The novel culminates with a startling outcome.

All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.

COLD WINTER IN BORDEAUX by Allan Massie. The novel begins in Bordeaux during the Winter of 1942-43. Superintendant Lannes – already an object of suspicion because of having one son serving with the Free French and another in the Vichy Government – investigates the murder of a woman. It looks to be a crime of passion. Upon further investigation, Lannes discovers that the dead woman had been engaged in activities that drew the attention of the Germans, the Vichy Secret Service, and even the Resistance. This disclosure, coupled with Lannes’ own family problems, makes his life a constant challenge – especially as the hour of liberation approaches in 1944.

Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy, it has everything, the war front, the homefront, Washington, DC., spies, French partisans, the death camps, and so on. I loved it. and have re-read it twice and i seldom do that.

All the Light We Cannot See

THE BURNING BLUE by James Holland. “Joss Lambert has always been a loner, constrained by a secret from his past, until he finds friendship and solace firstly with Guy Liddell, a friend from school, and then with Guy’s family, who welcome him into their farmhouse home. Joss increasingly comes to depend upon the Liddells and treats Alvesdon Farm as the one place where he feels not only appreciated but also truly happy. But in late 1930s Britain, the idyll cannot last. With war looming, Joss is forced to confront the past. He escapes through flying, becoming a fighter pilot in the [Royal Air Force] RAF. But with the onset of war, even the Liddells’ world is crumbling. As Joss is fighting for his life in the Battle of Britain, so he begins to fall madly in love with Stella – Guy’s twin – but with tragic consequences. Leaving Britain and the Liddells far behind, he continues to fly amid the sand and heat of North Africa’s deserts, flying above the ‘Desert Rats’ of the 8th Army, until his hopes and dreams are seemingly shattered for good…” (I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. Holland, who is also a historian, knows how to WRITE.)

Code Name Verity is one of my favorites

THE RED HORSE by Eugenio Corti. “This epic historical novel about World War II and after, written from the author’s own personal experiences as an Italian Freedom Fighter, is a profoundly moving account of the war, those who fought in it on both sides, and the effects the war had on families in the author’s hometown in northern Italy.

“On a wider scale, [THE RED HORSE] is a faithful witness to the actual events of the war including the historic personages who appear, the combat on the Eastern Front, the Nazi barbarism, the Communist gulag, the North Italian resistance, and beyond to the political life in the two decades after the war. This world, filled with powerful personalities, drama and clashing armies, bathes in the complex light of the truth.

“A truly great historical novel with its epic scope, what makes this a masterpiece is the underlying spiritual dimensions of the protagonist, his family and friends, which illuminates the ongoing tragedy of the war and its aftermath. In the end, it is a story of faith and hope in a world reduced to barbarism and cruelty.”

A book I would recommend may be out of print. The name of it is Stranger at the Gates by Evelyn Anthony. She is or was a British author. Setting is Worl War II. A great book one that I will never forget.

The bronze horseman

GHOSTS OF BUNDO SUIDO by P.T. Deutermann. This novel takes place during the late stages of the War in the Pacific. With Japan now subject to bombing attacks from long-range U.S. bombers, it is rumored that the Imperial Japanese Navy has at least 2 super-battleships and an aircraft carrier with which to deliver a savage blow to the U.S. Navy and buy Tokyo time to recoup her military forces in anticipation of an expected American invasion of the Japanese home islands.