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The War We Won Apart

The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII

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Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII.

On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d’Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing for war.

From different worlds, their lives first intersect during clandestine training to become agents with Winston Churchill’s secret army, the Special Operations Executive. As the world’s deadliest conflict to date unfolds, Sonia and Guy learn how to parachute into enemy territory, how to kill, blow up rail lines, and eventually . . . how to love each other. But not long after their hasty marriage, their love is tested by separation, by a titanic invasion—and by indiscretion.

Writing in vivid, heart-stopping prose, Ayed follows Sonia as she plunges into Nazi-occupied France and slinks into black market restaurants to throw off occupying Nazi forces, while at the same time participating in sabotage operations against them; and as Guy, in another corner of France, trains hundreds into a resistance army.

Reconstructed from hours of unpublished interviews and hundreds of archival and personal documents, the story Ayed tells is about the ravaging costs of war paid for disproportionately by the young. But more than anything, The War We Won Apart is a story about love: two secret agents who were supposed to land in enemy territory together, but were fated to fight the war apart. Armée et guerre Femmes Guerres et conflits Histoire Militaire Guerre Sincère Winston Churchill
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Liked the personal detailed stories of several heroes of the French resistance in WW2. Also the after war lingering effect of the dangers of war undercover against the Nazi occupation of France.

True stories of heroes of WW2. Bravery and dedication to a cause of the French resistance.

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Too much repetitive, overblown filler. Why use three extra sentences to simply repeat the exact information from the first, just with extra adjectives? It reads like the post commercial smash cut of a bad reality show.

Made me bored of a fascinating story.

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I really wanted to like this book but the storytelling was so similar to a newscast that it was hard to dive in. I think having more than one narrator and/or actual fictional dialogue would have improved this title immensely.

Strong story told like a documentary

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Incredibly interesting read. I wish authors would leave the narration up to the professionals. Narration could have been better.

Incredibly Interesting

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Loved every second of this book. I love learning about Canadas history in the War, and this was such an amazing story.

Great read, amazing story!

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