Hey everyone, Ray here. As intelligent listeners of the show, you know which resources to turn to

for the facts of the Second World War, nonfiction books, reports, documentaries, and of course

the history of World War II podcast. But to bear witness to the past, any more palpable sense,

to truly inhabit the day-to-day experiences of the war, sometimes there's no better resource

than the texture and emotion of a well-crafted historically detailed work of fiction.

The War Girls by VS Alexander is one such novel. Based on actual accounts of life in the

Warsaw ghetto and the real women who operated as spies in enemy territory, the War Girls is an

immersive high stakes story. It plunges you into 1939 Poland as Hitler's Operation Himmler

sparks his campaign to annihilate Poland. And an almost ordinary summer gives way to the long

season of occupation. Soon, three young women from Warsaw, a Jew imprisoned in the ghetto,

her sister who joins the SOE in London and a Catholic on the Aryan side of the ghetto wall,

will unite to fight against the Nazi stronghold, calling themselves the War Girls.

Through his meticulous research and powerful storytelling, VS Alexander opens a window onto the

reality of waking up in Warsaw on both sides of the ghetto wall. Real people, including Emmanuel

Riggleblum, the scholar who chronicled the experiences of Jews in Warsaw, until he was executed,

are woven into a thrilling plot that you won't soon forget.

Pre-order your copy of the War Girls by VS Alexander today, or look for it everywhere books are sold

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Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast.

Episode 373 Malta, a thunderstorm of steel. As April 1942 opened up on Malta,

General Dobby, no longer in charge of the military situation, was able to focus on the bigger picture,

so he begged the chief of staff for more supplies. But just in case they were not in the mood to be

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