"War on the Home Front" takes you through the many facets of wartime Britain: from the Phoney War to the devastation of the Blitz; from the Home Guard and the Land Girls to the invasion of the Channel Islands and from evacuation and rationing to code-breaking and the eventual victory celebrations. With over 200 illustrations, it offers a unique perspective of the era through the inclusion of more than 30 newly researched facsimile documents, including: a Luftwaffe bombing map of the Royal Albert and King George V Docks; a map showing Operation Sealion - Hitler's plan to invade England; a handwritten letter describing one of the first air raids of the Blitz; and, posters, drawings, telegrams and leaflets from the time.
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Introduction; "Be Prepared"; "Get the Children Away"; The Phoney War; Military Service; Food on the Ration; "dig for Victory"; "Keeping Entertained"; A New Leader; Dunkirk; "Stay Put" - The Invasion Scare; The Home Guard; The Channel Islands; Spitfire Summer; The Enemy Within; The London Blitz; The Blitz in the Provinces; Air Raids; The Ministry of Information; Taking the War to Germany; Wartime Intelligence; Manpower Shortages; Women on the Front Line; Shortages and More Rationing; "Over Here" - GIs Come to Britain; Prisoners of War in Britain; D-Day; The V-1 and V-2 "Secret Weapons"; The End: VE and VJ Day; A New Jerusalem?
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781847326270
Publisert
2010-09-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Carlton Books Ltd
Høyde
260 mm
Bredde
298 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Antall sider
64

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Biografisk notat

Juliet Gardiner is an historian and broadcaster. A former editor of History Today magazine, she is also the author of Wartime: Britain 1939-1945, "Over Here": GIs in Britain During the Second World War, The Children's War; The Animals' War and The Thirties: An Intimate Portrait. She was historical consultant for Channel Four's series The 1940s House and wrote the accompanying bestselling book. Juliet also wrote the book that accompanied Channel Four's series, The Edwardian Country House. Juliet lives in London.