I was unaware of this (and Coco Chanel’s Nazi sympathizing) until watching The New Look on AppleTV. It wasn’t that well received, but I appreciated seeing a story take place during WWII that treated the occupation of France not as the main plot, but as a setting.
He’s american, but his WW2 novels revolve around Europeans.
“Night Soldiers” is about a Bulgarian fisherman whose brother was killed by a Fascist mob. He gets recruited by the KGB and gets sent to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
I was unaware of this (and Coco Chanel’s Nazi sympathizing) until watching The New Look on AppleTV. It wasn’t that well received, but I appreciated seeing a story take place during WWII that treated the occupation of France not as the main plot, but as a setting.
If you want another look I recommend the behind the bastards episode on Coco.
Great show, and great podcast!
Try “Allo allo” then - arguably the occupation is closer to the main plot, but not nearly as close as the “Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies” :)
Look up the novels of Alan Furst.
He’s american, but his WW2 novels revolve around Europeans.
“Night Soldiers” is about a Bulgarian fisherman whose brother was killed by a Fascist mob. He gets recruited by the KGB and gets sent to fight in the Spanish Civil War.