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Books about France in WWII

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LittleBowSheep · 14/06/2026 12:26

Looking for recommendations for books based in France during WWII please.

I've already read the following:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks

Either fiction or non-fiction is fine. Thank you.

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Wofflewaffle · 28/06/2026 19:21

MissHavershamReturns · 14/06/2026 14:16

Suite francaise is a tour du force.

Yes, I agree. I’m going to go back and read it again. I am British but live in France and it’s absolutely fascinating reading about the French experience of WW2 because it’s so very different to that of Britain. There are plaques all around our neighbourhood (Lyon) detailing the horrors of the war and occupation. My son’s high school (lycée) has a plaque outside to commemorate the Jewish students and teachers who were rounded up, taken to the velodrome in our local park then taken to Auschwitz. On the wall of their primary school there’s a plaque to commemorate local members of the Resistance who were rounded up then executed against the school wall. 😔. Horrible.

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn.

Arran2024 · 28/06/2026 19:41

This is a bit unusual but I loved it - Fatherland by Burkhard Bilger. It is set in Alsace, which of course was part of France but regarded as German by Germany. The author's German grandfather was posted to a village there and ordered to re-educate its children.

JillThePlantKiller · 28/06/2026 19:44

I read this over Christmas and couldn’t put it down. Virginia Hall was incredible.

Abra1t · 28/06/2026 19:45

The Midwife’s Promise.

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