5/19/2023 0 Comments Allies alan gratz![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their stories and others are told in Allies, a novel that, like D-Day itself, proves we are stronger together. 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. Jewish soldiers fighting for the liberation of concentration camps dealt with anti-Semitism among the very men who fought alongside them. Alan lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter. 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. Alan Gratz is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including Ground Zero, Allies, Grenade,Refugee, Projekt 1065, Prisoner B-3087 Code of Honor. 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. He has a friend named Sid who turns on him when he finds out Dee is a German. Characters Henry Dee and Sid James Dee is a German who escaped and joined the American army. Thousands more in France fought the Nazis at home. Allies by Alan Gratz A book report by Wyatt Peters About The genre is historical fiction, and the setting is Normandy, France on June 6 ,1944. ![]() 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. A New York Times bestsellerAlan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the. ![]()
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