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Voices from the home front : [personal experiences of wartime Britain, 1939-45]

Voices from the home front : [personal experiences of wartime Britain, 1939-45]

Goodall, Felicity.
Book 2004

Despite the regular and devastating bombing raids that rained down on Britain's major cities, people settled into a surreal normality. Workers went about their everyday business before heading to local factories to work extra hours producing munitions. Women wove camouflage nets, fished for tyres in village ponds and gathered nettles as part of the war effort. Bankers and accountants played war games with the Home Guard and searched for anti-pers...

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World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British
World War, 1939-1945 Women Great Britain
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ISBN:
9780715317082
0715317083
Description:
288 pages : illustrations, portraits
Other Title:
Home front
Notes:
Subtitle from cover
Includes indexes
Contents:
This nation at war.
In the front line.
Occupation.
A place of safety.
Blitzkrieg.
Soldiering on.
Dark days.
Working for the war effort.
News and propaganda.
High days and holidays.
Friendly aliens.
Kissing cousins.
Sting in the tail.
The lights go on
Control Number:
1574324
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