From Here to Obscurity, a novel by Yoel Sheridan, published by Tenterbooks tells the story of the Yiddish speaking Jewish community in London's East End from 1933 to its demise through the Luftwaffe's bombing in 1945.
The Chindits were an allied Special Force formed and lead by General Orde Wingate. They fought behind enemy lines in North Burma during 1943-1944 in the War against Japan. This site tells the story of the Chindits