In honour of Remembrance Day, also called Veterans’ Day and Armistice Day, here is an excerpt, part of a World War II soldier’s account of the reality of being a prisoner of the nazis.
S5 Ep107: World War 2 in Norway: A conversation with author J.L. Oakley—Episode 107 – Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2
A conversation with J.L. Oakley, author of three historical novels set in Norway during the German occupation of 1940 to 1945Like the Eastern Front, Norway’s experience during the Second World War is not well known in the English-speaking world. Author Janet Oakley is helping correct that. Books mentionedBy J.L. Oakley:
The Jossing Affair
The Quisling Factor
The Brisling Code
Hitler's Northern Utopia by Dispina StratigakosGold Run by Robert PearsonSnow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
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This excerpt came from Army of Worn Soles: Volume 1 of the Eastern Front Trilogy, the true story of a Canadian drafted into the Soviet Red Army, 1941–1945.
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