Faces of the Home Front, 1939–1945

Faces of the Home Front, 1939–1945
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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781399001595
ISBN-13 : 1399001590
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Book Synopsis Faces of the Home Front, 1939–1945 by : Neil Storey

Download or read book Faces of the Home Front, 1939–1945 written by Neil Storey and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faces of the Home Front presents a fascinating insight into the people, wartime organisations, events, life and work on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times told through an array of previously unpublished rare photographs, illustrations and ephemera. If you have wondered how Air Raid Wardens, Ambulance crews, Home Guard, Firemen, Special Constables, Women's Voluntary Service and the Women's Land Army were recruited and trained, how they were uniformed and what their duties entailed in wartime were, this is the book for you. Drawing on the authors’ own extensive archives of original photographs, training manuals, documents, decades of research and interviews with those who were there, there are stories of well-known events such as the Blitz on London and many other often lesser known events and incidents around the country, some deeply moving, some harrowing and some that show how the kindness and selfless bravery of people that helped get Britain through its darkest hours. The combination of images and stories vividly bring to life the experiences of people in cities, towns and countryside in wartime as they experienced evacuation, rationing, the black-out and air raids touched the lives of everyone. This volume is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any family historian, collector, re-enactor.


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