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Summer of My German Soldier is a 1973 book by Bette Greene. The story focuses on the friendship between a young Jewish-American girl and an escaped German POW in a small town in the Southern United States during World War II. The novel was an ALA Notable Book, a New York Times Outstanding Book, and a National Book Award Finalist.
Time Limit is a 1957 American legal drama film directed by Karl Malden, based on the 1956 Broadway play of the same name by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey. The film is Malden's only directing credit; in his autobiography, Malden stated that he "preferred being a good actor to being a fairly good director."
Kirkus Reviews called The Short-Timers "a terse spitball of a book, fine and real and terrifying, that marks a real advance in Vietnam war literature." [ 5 ] The Washington Post wrote: "There is a vivid description of Hue in the aftermath of the 1968 Tet offensive and a grimly realistic portrayal of Marines under siege at Khesanh.
The book tells the story of two sisters in France during World War II and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation there. The book was inspired by accounts of a Belgian woman, Andrée de Jongh, who helped downed Allied pilots escape Nazi territory. [1] [2] The Nightingale entered multiple bestseller lists upon release. As of ...
The short film The Big Picture: Wars End (1955) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film WAR'S END (1959) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. S. L. A. Marshall Photograph Collection at US Army Heritage and Education Center; S. L. A. Marshall at Find a Grave
World War II is a series of books published by Time-Life that chronicles the Second World War. Each book focused on a different topic, such as the resistance, spies, the home front but mainly the battles and campaigns of the conflict.
Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech.It tells the story of the U.S. Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence as clandestine "line-crossers" in the closing days of World War II.
However, they move into an enemy minefield and are fired on. The company retreats, and Pritchett comes to Manning with a volunteer mission to destroy the enemy's guns, before promising to grant Manning a Section 8 if he volunteers for and succeeds on the mission. During the mission, Private Sam Baxter panics and starts to flee.