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Sieg Heil, Katja! (WW2 Romance) by jie6755
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It is 1945, and Berlin is being taken over by the Soviets. Waffen-SS soldier Hans was ordered to check the Führer's bunker, but gets unlucky and finds a group of female Soviet soldiers in one of the hallways. He is forced to surrender, but there is one soldier that catches his interest when he sees her true nature...
Schatzi by nooodle_caboodle
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Eli Ackermann has always lived a very normal and boring life despite the fact he's always stood out, different for all the wrong reasons. Jewish, mentally ill and a bit too close with his friend Peter Printz for society's comfort, he's been an outcast since Hitler came to power in the 30s. As the years pass and the political situation in Germany worsens, Eli and Peter grow more involved in underground resistance groups to the Nazis where people like them are not outcasts anymore, but are welcomed with open arms. But war looms on the horizon and more and more of their friends are disappearing and never returning. A new struggle lies around every corner. Warning: this book contains sensitive material and adult language and themes. I am not trying to be insensitive in any way but I acknowledge this was an undeniably tragic time and themes in this book are not to be taken lightly. If you feel I am being insensitive at any point, please let me know. Trigger warnings for: gore, alcohol, mental illness, physical and emotional abuse, racism, anti-semitism, homophobia, discrimination, use of slurs, sexual abuse and rape, self harm, mentions of suicide, suicide ideation and direct references to suicide, death, major character death. Cover edited by me Highest ranking: #20 in original story
The Nurse by CamoJane
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With war raging all around, some battles can't be won... ♠ The year was 1916, Elosie Keller was dwelling in a secluded Belgian cottage where she remained hidden away from the world until the day he fell from the sky... Drawn to the carnage of a fallen plane, she finds more than rubble when she notices that the pilot is still alive. She knows without medical treatment that the man is fated to die. Acting in a haste, she pulls the man from his destined coffin in hopes to help him live. Eloise soon finds herself tending a German patient in her hidden home and realizes he isn't the monster the world made him out to be; instead, she begins to see much more than an officer, but a man with a heart just trying to survive a war. When she is finally discovered by the Germans, she is called upon to become a field nurse for the men on the western front--only to fall into a whirlwind of unfortunate events that she must learn how to survive. Follow Eloise as she takes on the battle of being a wartime nurse in a man's world, fighting the one enemy that could never be conquered-love... *This is a work of fiction. Any names, dates, or events are completely coincidental. Thanks for reading. (unedited)
The Summer Home by Purplejeans
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Paris, 1940. As the Germans invade her beloved city of Paris, aspiring jazz singer Vivienne Dumont leaves everything behind for her family's summer villa in the charming seaside town of Bordeaux. Instead of finding refuge, Vivienne is forced to assume a new identity when Nazi troops encroach upon every corner of her home country. Hiding her Jewish heritage, Vivienne is swept into the upper echelons of Nazi high society, thwarting the romantic advances of a malevolent German officer as she attempts to survive. When given the opportunity, Vivienne risks everything to hide other refugees in plain sight under the guise of operating a quaint hotel from her summer home.
A Time for Love by bellatuscana
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Annie, a 21 year old singer stuck in unrequited love, is on her way to her grandmother's when a storm appears, swirling overhead. She enters the room to find a radio playing noise back from 1940 about the war. Touching it, she's transported back in time to a place where not everyone are as they appear. Can she uncover the purpose for time travel, or will she find herself neck deep in someone, or something's claws?
The Doughertys' Home Front  by theStphnieCollection
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***FEATURED ON @HISTORICALFICTION'S READING LIST 'WORLD WARS & REVOLUTIONS' IN JUNE 2023*** For the duration of the Second World War, newlyweds June and Harvey Dougherty played their respective parts. June got a job and raised the couple's twins to the best of her ability; Harvey defended the line overseas and helped lead the Allies to victory on the shores of Omaha Beach and the steps of the French capital. But when peace is declared and the men retire their weapons and return home, it's not long before the Doughertys realize that living on the same front is more of a challenge than they could have anticipated. Because in the war, the couple knew what front they were fighting on. Together at home? Neither can be wholly certain. A POST-WW2 SHORT STORY.
His wife by VictoriaConteville
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"You wanna know what happens to good people like you?" "What?" "They suffer." That is true, though. At least it is in Anastasia's case. Good people get used, and girls in her time above all. But just you wait what happens when good hearts fall for the sweet poison we know as love. Especially when they fall blindly in love with someone whose heart has gone rotten a long time ago. But at what cost does she fall for the angel? -The angel of death even. Warning: •Strong language •Abuse •Violence •Drugs -> This won't be some fanfiction
Shadows of the Future by JagPanther44
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A soldier knows his duty and he will fight to his last breath, for his honor is loyalty. When an experiment to win the war goes wrong, a man who volunteered is thrown into a different time and a different place. Unknowing of the future and the shadows that it holds, time will tell if he survives or dies.
Underneath his Sleeve by Bookhugger101
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"Victor Amato couldn't really be guilty of such a crime, could he?" ...World War II is over. Times are good. Well, at least they are for Rose Hartmann. She is beginning college and is eager to delve into her studies. But, her English partner's mysterious past gets in the way of that. Chaos ensues when his dark secrets are revealed. What is he hiding Underneath his Sleeve? Fiction ~Inspired by true events~ Rated mature for violent scenes that will occur in later chapters.
World War I - Letters From The Trenches by Giraffeshead
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7 Letters from the trenches of World War I.