And in the thick of battle, Henry, a medic, searches for lives to save.In a breathtaking race against time, they all must fight to complete their high-stakes missions. Meanwhile, paratrooper James leaps from his plane to join a daring midnight raid. Behind enemy lines in France, a girl named Samira works as a spy, trying to sabotage the German army.
He feels the weight of World War II on his shoulders.But Dee is not alone. And Dee - along with his brothers-in-arms - is terrified. soldier, is on a boat racing toward the French coast. The only way to stop them? The biggest, most top-secret operation ever, with the Allied nations coming together to storm German-occupied France.Welcome to D-Day.Dee, a young U.S. June 6, 1944: The Nazis are terrorizing Europe, on their evil quest to conquer the world. Their stories and others are told in Allies, a novel that, like D-Day itself, proves we are stronger together.An instant New York Times bestseller!Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyranny - and how just one day can change the world. African-American soldiers fought on the beaches at D-Day but remained segregated from white soldiers throughout the war, and returned home to find German prisoners of war treated better than they were in their hometowns. A rousing and humane tribute to D-Day troops - New York Times Book Review From Alan Gratz, the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of the. Jewish soldiers fighting for the liberation of concentration camps dealt with anti-Semitism among the very men who fought alongside them.
Algerian Muslim soldiers fought in the French Resistance and the Free French Army, only to have to wage a bloody war for independence after the war. It was a day of unprecedented unity and cooperation.īut many people played heroic roles on D-Day only to return to lives after the war filled with prejudice, segregation, and injustice. Thousands more in France fought the Nazis at home. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel to invade German-occupied France, most of them from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
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