Letters of Love in WW2

This is the history of WW2 told in way you've never heard it before: through the letters of a real-life couple who lived... Read more

When Sue Mowforth found a bundle of letters written by her belated parents, she was about to uncover the love story that... Read more

Cyril and Olga face months of agonising delays in their letters to one another, and they get a taste of the frustrations... Read more

The realities of war hit when, after a long gap in correspondence, Cyril reveals in one long letter that he has been inv... Read more

Frustrations are high for Cyril who suffers periods of illness and depression triggered by long periods of idleness. As ... Read more

As troops prepare for the invasion of Normandy, Cyril is suddenly sent back to British soil to retrieve a new, heavier, ... Read more

Cyril joins the British Liberation Army as a Corporal, beginning the trek from Normandy across Belgium and Holland en ro... Read more

As Olga gets a taste of Germany’s ‘Flying Bombs’ in Sheffield, Cyril knows the end of the war is coming as he drives the... Read more

As Germany officially surrenders, Cyril and Olga find hope once again in the fact that their love has survived so many y... Read more

"I really wish, like so many people, that you could have had an extra hour or two to ask these things of your parents."C... Read more