Did some tigerish kernel lurk beneath that prim facade, was her naive enthusiasm and girlish gushing camouflage for something more adult? He was sure there was much passion, but would she, when it came to it, choke like blocked machine gun? He realised that what atrracted him to her was that not knowing, that challenge of tearing her out of her starched drawers, and seeing not only what she looked like shorn of the Utility dresses, but how she would behave.
A harsh critic, one of them there Bible bashers, might say he wanted to corrupt her. But he didn't. He wanted her to corrupt herself out of her desire for him.
Allies
28th November, 2024
It is March 1943, and the US 116th Infantry Regiment arrive in the Devon town of Chalford, reluctantly called upon to aid Britain in her fight against the Nazis and determined to take advantage of the romantic opportunities offered.
Emily France, whose boyfriend Tom is fighting in the desert, commences a relationship with one of the GIs, Larry Schultz. When black US troops arrive the racism of their white colleagues is revealed, and the town must wrestle with its conscience in deciding whether to implement segregation of blacks and whites.
When Tom is invalided out of the army, and returns to Chalford, tragedy ensues.
Will the people of Chalford fight their personal prejudices to ensure justice prevails?
Allies is a gripping and compelling story that represents a moral inquisition of a town faced with a dilemma of personal guilt, and examines the dubious motives displayed by those engaged in the struggle against Nazism.