"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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