During World War II both the US and Great Britain developed large and sophisticated nursing services to deal with the casualities of the war. In the US these consisted of the US Army Nursing Corps and the Naval Nursing Corps. In Great Britain the organizations were Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service and its sister organization Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service for the Navy and Army respectively. The RAF was cared for by Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service. This volume contains a detailed study that looks at the uniforms and organization of these services and their work at home and overseas.
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During World War II both the US and Great Britain developed large and sophisticated nursing services to deal with the casualities of the war. This volume contains a detailed study that looks at the uniforms and organization of these services and their work at home and overseas.
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Introduction · Great Britain · United States of America · Canada · Australia · New Zealand · India · Soviet Union · Select Bibliography · Plates commentaries

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841761855
Publisert
2002-06-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Osprey Publishing
Vekt
188 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
48

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Martin Brayley is a military photographer whose service with the Royal Navy has taken him to most corners of the world. A long-time militaria collector, he has contributed many articles to specialist magazines in the UK and overseas, and is the author of 'WWII British Women's Uniforms in Colour Photographs' (1995) and the well-reviewed 'The World War II Tommy' (1998). He is currently working on a series of three Osprey titles on the British Army of World War II. Ramiro Bujeiro has established himself as one of the top military artists in his home country of Argentina. He has also contributed numerous illustrations to publications in Britain and other European countries over the past 20 years.