As the only son of an English Lord and professional soldier who was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in the Great War, Ian Wylie has both a family tradition and reputation to uphold when Britain declares war on Germany in 1939. It is a responsibility he is unable to measure up but one Lord Wylie does not allow Ian to escape from.
While serving as an observer with the BEF in May of 1940, Ian survives a massacre of prisoners. In its aftermath, Ian resolves to find a way of sitting out the war, safe from both the Germans and his responsibilities.
At first he finds sanctuary on a small farm owned by a teacher Andrea Morel who harbors him until an incident leaves her no choice but to send Ian away. With no wish to return to England and the war, Ian assumes the identity of the woman's sister and accepts a standing offer made to Andrea to teach at a Catholic's girls' school in Normandy.
His efforts to turn his back on both the war are frustrated by a group of girls at the school who take it upon themselves to fight as best they can for the liberation of France as well as a local businessman who enlists Ian’s aid in providing intelligence on German activities in Normandy to the Allies.
The wheel of Fate makes one last turn for Andrea when she finds herself having to resurrect her training as an artillery observer and assist members of the 82nd Airborne as they struggle to hold out against determined German counterattacks on D-Day, June 6th.
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