The lives of World War II British war brides and their struggles to be reunited with the soldiers they love.

She had married U.S. Navy Lt. Frank Kranz in London on March 31, 1944, after a six-week courtship that started at a dance in South Wales, where she grew up. "His ship was torpedoed, and he put in to ...

As a young British woman caught up in the trauma of World War II, Irene Hope welcomed U.S. troops with open arms. Enticed by the prospect of an idyllic future stateside, she married an American airman ...

“Be warned,” cried the headline in London’s Daily Express. “This is a story of horror, brutality and evil. It is the story of the postwar life of an English war bride in Czechoslovakia. It is a ...

As a young British woman caught up in the trauma of World War II, Irene Hope welcomed U.S. troops with open arms. Enticed by the prospect of an idyllic future stateside, she married an American airman ...