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The War Angel  by baratheonstark
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In 1939 Evangeline Marquis de Lafayette McGuire has run out of options. Tired of hearing that people are dying and being told to stay in the kitchen, she jumps ship from Brooklyn to France to fight in the war. Liberating camps and saving soldiers, the papers name her the War Angel. Some believe she's a myth, a story made up by morphine filled soldiers, or nothing but a piece of american propaganda. but Richard Winters and the other men of Easy company are about to learn how real she is.
A Soldier of No Importance [ WWII / Band of Brothers ] 1 by Silmarilz1701
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Included on Wattpad's HistoricalFiction World Wars reading list. - * - * - * - Being in the French Resistance wasn't what Alice Klein envisioned her life looking like. She'd wanted a husband and a flat in Paris, and maybe a cat with a pink bow who would sleep on her piano. But bullets didn't discriminate between male or female, young or old. Alice knew that better than most. As a half-German, half-French Jew, it seemed no matter where she went, she was hated. To the German army or Vichy France, she was a traitor. To any uneducated Allied soldier, her last name screamed Nazi. When the Maquis heard of the Allies looking for connections to the French Resistance, they'd quickly offered up Alice as a multilingual translator and Underground liaison. Whisked away from the French Alps, she arrived to the States to train as a paratrooper, knowing that failure was not an option no matter how much she disliked it. Lucky for her, she didn't just find barracks and training grounds in America. She found men, and in them, family to replace the one she'd lost. - * - WARNINGS for realistic depictions of world war ii, strong language, era-typical sexism, era-typical anti-semitism, alcohol abuse, cigarette abuse, past sexual assault - * - * - * - Pairing: mostly gen, way down the line it's eventual Lewis Nixon/OC BOOK ONE in [ A Tale of Two Heritages ] Start Date: December 5, 2019 End Date: March 24, 2020 Final Word Count: 150,786 Cross-posted to FFN and Ao3 - * - * - * - #1 in World War Two, #1 in Band of Brothers, #1 in Feminist, #1 in 1940s, #1 in Lewis Nixon FIRST PLACE: Cherry Blossom Awards 2020, Writer's Glory Awards 2020 THIRD PLACE: Historical Fiction in Spice Off Award, Fanfiction in Majestic Inc. Universal Awards
Under The Banner ▪ Band Of Brothers by AdamantiumDragonfly
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Collaboration with @silmarilz1701 Svetlana knew how to play the game. She'd been caught in the political drama of Stalin's inner circle since birth. The only child of one of Stalin's closest friends, she grew up in the limelight, scrutinized by friend and foe. With the outbreak of the war, Sveta found a taste of freedom with the snipers. For Zhanna, her place in the military was the only thing she could be proud of, giving her a tie to the place she called home. With the grace of others looming over her head, Zhanna had only one chance to be more than the blood inside her veins and the prayer on her lips. But then the Nazis invaded the Motherland. Tasked with reaching the Allies by her father, Sveta once more found herself a political pawn. But she wouldn't go alone. Friend and comrade Zhanna joined her in their flight from Russia. But with the Eastern Front crumbling, the girls found themselves at the mercy of America for a way home. And that way home meant learning to jump with the Airborne. They were already soldiers. How hard could that be? For Zhanna, she may be able to embrace the company of those around her. But for Sveta, the daughter of a man who represented everything the Allies worked against in the Bolshevik Revolution, it may be too difficult. * * * * Title Inspiration: "Death to the German invaders! Long live our glorious Motherland, her liberty and her independence! Under the banner of Lenin, forward to victory!" - J. Stalin, Speech at the Red Army Parade, November 7, 1941 Cover by @swedeandspicy
Band of Brothers - Sunshine Solider by wexhappyxfew
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charlotte tarvers is only 14 when the war breaks out, but 17 when she signs up. she's heard the stories from her parents, lovers who found each other by chance on the front lines in world war one in the country of france, now passing down the stories to their daughter. her brothers sign up, leaving her younger brother and sister at home with her parents. her best friend decides to sign up for the war as well, joining the nurses' corps. thinking she will join her, charlotte willingly agrees. however, upon receiving a letter from the u.s. military head of board, she realizes she's being taken closer to the war, to the front lines even, as the first female combat medic in u.s. military history. ___________________ 'from this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remember'd; we few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother' ____________________ charlotte (f.) - small, petite, tiny emmeline (f.) - hard-working tarvers (n.) - leader _____________________ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey; you'll never know dear, how much i love you, please don't take my sunshine away... -johnny cash _____________________ started : 2 - 1 - 2019 ended : 2 -22 - 2020 ______________________ #1 - World War 2 - 7/21/20 #1 - Band of Brothers - 10/25/20 #1 - Ronald Speirs - 12/10/20 -------------- [ band of brothers ] ~with small portions of ~ [ the pacific ] [ saving private ryan ] ------ cover by lostinthewind
A Duchess in the Pacific by baratheonstark
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Katarina Viola Kingsley, better known by her nickname- Duchess, is the daughter of two wealthy socialites. An ill-timed trip to their vacation house in the pacific proves to be as terrible as an idea as it sounds. After a hellish escape, Duchess finds herself stranded on a island surrounded by strangers. But finds herself feeling oddly comforted by the Marines she befriends, and is shocked and surprised of how large of an impact their friendship leaves on her life.
the shire is burning [eddie munson x OC] by ghostproofbaby
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Willow Jenkins is in love with Steve Harrington. Steve Harrington is still in love with Nancy Wheeler. What happens when Willow proposes a deal to Eddie Munson he can't refuse? (fake dating slowburn!! cross-posted on ao3 under the same username. contains strong/mature language, mentions of grief/loss, and smut in later chapters.)