The Girls He Left Behind - Softcover

Jackson, Barbara June

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798377248903

Verlag: Independently published, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The Girls he left Behind is the love story of two childhood sweethearts set against the background of World War II. It follows the life of Ronald Adams from the day he was born to the day he sailed off to fight in the D-Day invasion. It tells the story of his early life working with his father in their market garden and his passionate love affair with his girlfriend Joan as the war raged around them. The book describes the villages they came from and what life was like for people during the war years. It tells of the pride felt in the country when the courageous pilots of the RAF successfully fought off the German Luftwaffe at the Battle of Britain and how Prime Minister Churchill's impassioned speeches lifted the nation's spirits. It has stories of Millard Adams's experiences of fighting in the trenches in France in World War 1 and Joan's father, William, who served in the RAF and accidentally went up with a barrage balloon. There are first-hand accounts from soldiers rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk and details of Ronald's military training taken from letters he wrote to his parents from Bildsen near Lake Windermere. The story then follows him and his battalion landing on Gold Beach on D-Day and struggling through the waves, under fire, to take part in the capture of Arromanches. Finally, the book describes Ronald and Joan's last meeting just before the invasion when, with breaking hearts, they make love before he leaves for Normandy. Little did he know he would be leaving not one but two girls behind when he faced his final battle at Lingevres.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798377248903
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212
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