Wartime Setting Books | Summaries & Audio

The Greatest Generation Speaks

by Tom Brokaw • 1998

World War II veterans stayed silent for decades. Their letters reveal what they could not say.

4.10

2k+

🎙️ Oral History 🏭 American Home Front ✉️ Wartime Letters

The Greatest Generation Speaks 89%

World War II veterans stayed silent for decades. Their letters reveal what they could not say.

by Tom Brokaw 1998

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🏭 American Home Front ✉️ Wartime Letters

Front Lines

by Michael Grant • 2016

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

4.09

6k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family

Front Lines 89%

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

by Michael Grant 2016

4.09

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family

Adolf Hitler

by Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

9k+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

Adolf Hitler 89%

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

by Spike Milligan 1971

4.04

9k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

Island Infernos

by John C. McManus • 2021

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

4.46

703

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History

Island Infernos 89%

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

by John C. McManus 2021

4.46

703 ratings

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History

Citizen Soldiers

by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1997

Hitler said democracy bred soft soldiers. The GIs at the hedgerows and Bastogne proved otherwise.

4.25

25k+

🪖 Citizen Soldiers 🔍 Bottom Up History 🇺🇸 Us Army History

Citizen Soldiers 89%

Hitler said democracy bred soft soldiers. The GIs at the hedgerows and Bastogne proved otherwise.

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1997

4.25

25k+ ratings

🪖 Citizen Soldiers 🔍 Bottom Up History 🇺🇸 Us Army History

City of Thieves

by David Benioff • 2008

A Jewish boy and a deserter hunt wedding-cake eggs through starving Leningrad to stay alive.

4.30

170k+

🏚️ Besieged Leningrad 🎭 Darkly Comic War 🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

City of Thieves 89%

A Jewish boy and a deserter hunt wedding-cake eggs through starving Leningrad to stay alive.

by David Benioff 2008

4.30

170k+ ratings

🏚️ Besieged Leningrad 🎭 Darkly Comic War 🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

On Desperate Ground

by James R. Benn • 2000

1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.

4.03

242

🎖️ Military Thriller 🏚️ Wwii Endgame 💔 War Trauma

On Desperate Ground 89%

1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.

by James R. Benn 2000

4.03

242 ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🏚️ Wwii Endgame 💔 War Trauma

The Diamond Eye

by Kate Quinn • 2022

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

4.29

212k+

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond

The Diamond Eye 89%

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

by Kate Quinn 2022

4.29

212k+ ratings

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond

Strong Men Armed

by Robert Leckie • 1961

The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.

4.38

1k+

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🦅 Marine Corps History ⚓ Amphibious Warfare

Strong Men Armed 89%

The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.

by Robert Leckie 1961

4.38

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🦅 Marine Corps History ⚓ Amphibious Warfare

World War One

by Daniel Wrinn • 2021

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

3.91

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare

World War One 89%

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

by Daniel Wrinn 2021

3.91

54 ratings

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare

The Cruel Sea

by Nicholas Monsarrat • 1951

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

4.23

9k+

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership

The Cruel Sea 89%

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

by Nicholas Monsarrat 1951

4.23

9k+ ratings

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership

Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon • 2020

A woman with many aliases parachutes into occupied France to turn untrained Maquis into soldiers.

4.41

83k+

🎖️ Women In Resistance 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🔍 Women Spies

Code Name Hélène 89%

A woman with many aliases parachutes into occupied France to turn untrained Maquis into soldiers.

by Ariel Lawhon 2020

4.41

83k+ ratings

🎖️ Women In Resistance 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🔍 Women Spies

The Longest Day

by Cornelius Ryan • 1959

Hitler slept. Rommel was at a birthday party. Eisenhower stared at a weather map. Then Omaha.

4.34

26k+

🌍 World War Ii 🪖 Military History 🎙️ Oral History

The Longest Day 89%

Hitler slept. Rommel was at a birthday party. Eisenhower stared at a weather map. Then Omaha.

by Cornelius Ryan 1959

4.34

26k+ ratings

🌍 World War Ii 🪖 Military History 🎙️ Oral History

Human Smoke

by Nicholson Baker • 2008

Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.

4.06

2k+

⏳ Interwar Period 💣 Total War 🔍 Revisionist History

Human Smoke 89%

Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.

by Nicholson Baker 2008

4.06

2k+ ratings

⏳ Interwar Period 💣 Total War 🔍 Revisionist History

The First World War

by John Keegan • 1999

A war launched by timetables, not intentions, that killed ten million before anyone could halt it.

4.05

16k+

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🕳️ Trench Warfare

The First World War 89%

A war launched by timetables, not intentions, that killed ten million before anyone could halt it.

by John Keegan 1999

4.05

16k+ ratings

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🕳️ Trench Warfare

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Eye of the Needle 89%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

To End All Wars

by Adam Hochschild • 2011

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

4.14

9k+

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

To End All Wars 89%

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

by Adam Hochschild 2011

4.14

9k+ ratings

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

Once an Eagle

by Anton Myrer • 1968

A Nebraska farm boy rises to Army command, but his deadliest enemy wears the same uniform.

4.40

8k+

🎖️ Military Epic ⚔️ Rival Officers ⚖️ Military Ethics

Once an Eagle 89%

A Nebraska farm boy rises to Army command, but his deadliest enemy wears the same uniform.

by Anton Myrer 1968

4.40

8k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Epic ⚔️ Rival Officers ⚖️ Military Ethics

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 89%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

My Fellow Soldiers

by Andrew Carroll • 2017

Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.

4.22

379

📜 World War I 🎖️ Military Biography ✉️ Primary Source History

My Fellow Soldiers 88%

Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.

by Andrew Carroll 2017

4.22

379 ratings

📜 World War I 🎖️ Military Biography ✉️ Primary Source History

The Forgotten Highlander

by Alistair Urquhart • 2010

Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.

4.54

6k+

🏯 Japanese Pow Camps 🌊 Pacific War Theatre ⛏️ Forced Labor

The Forgotten Highlander 88%

Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.

by Alistair Urquhart 2010

4.54

6k+ ratings

🏯 Japanese Pow Camps 🌊 Pacific War Theatre ⛏️ Forced Labor

Hunting the Caliphate

by Wes J. Bryant • 2019

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

4.03

165

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Hunting the Caliphate 88%

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

by Wes J. Bryant 2019

4.03

165 ratings

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Paroles de Poilus

by Jean-Pierre Guéno • 1998

Letters written in the mud, hidden for generations, reveal a trench war no history book captures.

3.86

331

⚔️ World War I 🪖 Trench Warfare ✉️ Soldier Letters

Paroles de Poilus 88%

Letters written in the mud, hidden for generations, reveal a trench war no history book captures.

by Jean-Pierre Guéno 1998

3.86

331 ratings

⚔️ World War I 🪖 Trench Warfare ✉️ Soldier Letters

The Bomber Mafia

by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

4.02

65k+

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

The Bomber Mafia 88%

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

by Malcolm Gladwell 2021

4.02

65k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

Dear Mr. Kilmer

by Anne E. Schraff • 1999

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

3.96

272

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity

Dear Mr. Kilmer 88%

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

by Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 ratings

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne • 2013

A railway station discovery sends a boy on a secret mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.

3.96

12k+

🏠 Wwi Home Front 😞 Shell Shock 👨‍✈️ Father At War

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave 88%

A railway station discovery sends a boy on a secret mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.

by John Boyne 2013

3.96

12k+ ratings

🏠 Wwi Home Front 😞 Shell Shock 👨‍✈️ Father At War

Hiroshima

by John Hersey • 1946

Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.

4.05

91k+

☢️ Atomic Bomb 🎙️ War Journalism ✍️ Narrative Journalism

Hiroshima 88%

Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.

by John Hersey 1946

4.05

91k+ ratings

☢️ Atomic Bomb 🎙️ War Journalism ✍️ Narrative Journalism

The Escape

by Robert Muchamore • 2009

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

4.12

6k+

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage

The Escape 88%

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

by Robert Muchamore 2009

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage

Spies of the Balkans

by Alan Furst • 2010

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

3.94

7k+

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Spies of the Balkans 88%

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

by Alan Furst 2010

3.94

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Jackdaws

by Ken Follett • 2001

Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.

4.09

44k+

🔍 Wwii Espionage 🪖 Women In Wartime ⚔️ French Resistance

Jackdaws 88%

Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.

by Ken Follett 2001

4.09

44k+ ratings

🔍 Wwii Espionage 🪖 Women In Wartime ⚔️ French Resistance

The Levant Trilogy

by Olivia Manning • 1980

Under Rommel's threat in Cairo, a neglected wife and a young soldier seek belonging and meaning.

4.34

2k+

🌍 Expatriate Life 💔 Wartime Marriage 🌐 British Colonialism

The Levant Trilogy 88%

Under Rommel's threat in Cairo, a neglected wife and a young soldier seek belonging and meaning.

by Olivia Manning 1980

4.34

2k+ ratings

🌍 Expatriate Life 💔 Wartime Marriage 🌐 British Colonialism

The Tunnels of Cu Chi

by Tom Mangold • 1985

A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.

4.07

3k+

🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🕳️ Tunnel Warfare 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

The Tunnels of Cu Chi 88%

A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.

by Tom Mangold 1985

4.07

3k+ ratings

🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🕳️ Tunnel Warfare 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

33 Place Brugmann

by Alice Austen • 2025

Thin walls in a Brussels apartment building conceal art and refugees from the Nazi occupation.

3.72

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🏢 Building As World 🇧🇪 Wwii Brussels 🎨 Artist Narrator

33 Place Brugmann 88%

Thin walls in a Brussels apartment building conceal art and refugees from the Nazi occupation.

by Alice Austen 2025

3.72

6k+ ratings

🏢 Building As World 🇧🇪 Wwii Brussels 🎨 Artist Narrator

Counter-insurgency in Aden

by Shaun Clarke • 2015

Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.

3.75

111

🎖️ Special Forces 🕵️ Covert Operations 🏜️ Desert Warfare

Counter-insurgency in Aden 88%

Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.

by Shaun Clarke 2015

3.75

111 ratings

🎖️ Special Forces 🕵️ Covert Operations 🏜️ Desert Warfare

The Winter Soldier

by Daniel Mason • 2018

At a remote field hospital, a young doctor falls for the hardened nurse who runs it.

4.00

19k+

🏥 Wwi Field Hospital 💔 Wartime Love Story 🔍 Lost Love Search

The Winter Soldier 88%

At a remote field hospital, a young doctor falls for the hardened nurse who runs it.

by Daniel Mason 2018

4.00

19k+ ratings

🏥 Wwi Field Hospital 💔 Wartime Love Story 🔍 Lost Love Search

My Men Are My Heroes

by Brad Kasal • 2007

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

4.17

624

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

My Men Are My Heroes 88%

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

by Brad Kasal 2007

4.17

624 ratings

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

War

by Margaret MacMillan • 2020

From the Iceman to total war: how organized conflict has shaped every corner of human life.

3.58

4k+

⚔️ War And Society 🏹 Anthropology Of War 🏛️ State Formation

War 88%

From the Iceman to total war: how organized conflict has shaped every corner of human life.

by Margaret MacMillan 2020

3.58

4k+ ratings

⚔️ War And Society 🏹 Anthropology Of War 🏛️ State Formation

Storm of Steel

by Ernst Jünger • 1920

A German volunteer reaches the trenches full of ideals and emerges a soldier who stopped flinching.

4.16

22k+

🪖 WWI Memoir 🕳️ Trench Warfare 🤝 Brotherhood In Arms

Storm of Steel 88%

A German volunteer reaches the trenches full of ideals and emerges a soldier who stopped flinching.

by Ernst Jünger 1920

4.16

22k+ ratings

🪖 WWI Memoir 🕳️ Trench Warfare 🤝 Brotherhood In Arms

Soldier Boys

by Dean Hughes • 2001

Two boys, one German, one American, fight through the Bulge and find the real enemy.

4.06

3k+

🥾 Hitler Youth 🔄 Dual Perspective 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

Soldier Boys 88%

Two boys, one German, one American, fight through the Bulge and find the real enemy.

by Dean Hughes 2001

4.06

3k+ ratings

🥾 Hitler Youth 🔄 Dual Perspective 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

Attack and Die

by Grady McWhiney • 1982

Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.

3.56

157

⚔️ Military History 🇺🇸 American Civil War 📜 Military Doctrine

Attack and Die 88%

Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.

by Grady McWhiney 1982

3.56

157 ratings

⚔️ Military History 🇺🇸 American Civil War 📜 Military Doctrine

On Desperate Ground

by Hampton Sides • 2018

Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.

4.59

8k+

⚔️ Korean War History ❄️ Winter Warfare 💥 Command Failures

On Desperate Ground 88%

Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.

by Hampton Sides 2018

4.59

8k+ ratings

⚔️ Korean War History ❄️ Winter Warfare 💥 Command Failures

The Lieutenants

by W.E.B. Griffin • 1986

From North Africa to Cold War Berlin, officers navigate war, captivity, and the shadow war.

4.34

9k+

🔗 Pow Escape 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🏜️ North African Campaign

The Lieutenants 88%

From North Africa to Cold War Berlin, officers navigate war, captivity, and the shadow war.

by W.E.B. Griffin 1986

4.34

9k+ ratings

🔗 Pow Escape 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🏜️ North African Campaign

Life and Fate

by Vasily Grossman • 2006

At Stalingrad, a physicist discovers that mercy is the one thing no ideology can crush.

4.46

16k+

🗡️ Soviet Era ⚔️ Epic War Fiction 🏴 Totalitarianism

Life and Fate 88%

At Stalingrad, a physicist discovers that mercy is the one thing no ideology can crush.

by Vasily Grossman 2006

4.46

16k+ ratings

🗡️ Soviet Era ⚔️ Epic War Fiction 🏴 Totalitarianism

A World Undone

by G.J. Meyer • 2006

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

4.37

9k+

💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures

A World Undone 88%

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

by G.J. Meyer 2006

4.37

9k+ ratings

💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan • 2017

A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.

4.43

395k+

🇮🇹 Italian Resistance 📖 Based On True Story 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

Beneath a Scarlet Sky 88%

A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.

by Mark T. Sullivan 2017

4.43

395k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian Resistance 📖 Based On True Story 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

War as I Knew It

by George S. Patton Jr. • 1947

Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.

4.12

3k+

🪖 Military Command 📖 War Memoirs 🗺️ Military Strategy

War as I Knew It 88%

Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.

by George S. Patton Jr. 1947

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military Command 📖 War Memoirs 🗺️ Military Strategy

Tide of War

by David R Petriello • 2018

Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.

3.39

🌦️ Weather And Warfare 🌫️ Battlefield Conditions 📊 Historical Climatology

Tide of War 88%

Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.

by David R Petriello 2018

3.39

23 ratings

🌦️ Weather And Warfare 🌫️ Battlefield Conditions 📊 Historical Climatology

Nineteen Steps

by Millie Bobby Brown • 2023

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

3.76

21k+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle

Nineteen Steps 88%

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

by Millie Bobby Brown 2023

3.76

21k+ ratings

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle

Beyond Band of Brothers

by Dick Winters • 2006

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

4.33

20k+

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War

Beyond Band of Brothers 88%

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

by Dick Winters 2006

4.33

20k+ ratings

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War

We Were the Lucky Ones

by Georgia Hunter • 2017

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

4.42

201k+

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story

We Were the Lucky Ones 88%

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

by Georgia Hunter 2017

4.42

201k+ ratings

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story

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