Britain At War 1939 To 1945
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Britain At War 1939 To 1945
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Author : James Lingard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Britain At War 1939 To 1945 written by James Lingard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Great Britain categories.
The book has excellent reviews from UCL People (University College London) and the Historical Association, a British charity for teachers. It gives a short insight into the horrors of the home front told from the perspective of someone who actually experienced them, a fascinating look at the harsh realities of life in Britain, life full of drama and the danger of impending death. How did a family with a small child caught up in such a war survive? There follows an overview of the major campaigns in World War II, giving an insight into the big picture, enlivened by personal experiences and quotations from Churchill. A Canadian reviewer has said, "This book was a relatively quick read that would be of interest to those who might not have much background in the events of the war or those who know the broad details but want the day to day understanding of how lives were affected by things like bombing raids. James Lingard has meticulously researched and presented the timeline of events for the war, but where this book really shines as far as I am concerned is in the sharing of his own family's experiences as they were personally impacted. Though only a young boy when the war began, his life was affected in multiple ways and his family was at one point thought killed as their air raid shelter was destroyed. In actual fact they had gone out to the woods for an outing, which ultimately saved their lives! "Another enjoyable part of the book was the quotes Lingard used at the beginning of each chapter. Many of these quotes were taken from speeches by Churchill or other prominent men of the time and they add to the general picture and emotions of the period."
The Test Of War
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Author : Robert Mackay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-05-20
The Test Of War written by Robert Mackay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-20 with History categories.
While it lasted, the Second World War dominated the life of the nations that were involved and most of those that were not. Since Britain was in at both the start and the finish her people experienced the impact of total ar in full measure. The experience was a test of the most comprehensive kind: of the institutions, of the resources, and the very cohesion of the nation. The Test of War by Robert Mackay examines how the nation responded to this test. For a generation after the ending of the war this response was represented as largely unproblematical: faced with mortal threat to their survival the people rallied around their leaders, sank their differences and bore the burdens and sacrifices that were necessary to victory. More recently, demurring voices have challeged this cosy picture by emphasizing negative features of the war as official muddle, low industrial productivity and strikes, the black market, looting and the persistence of hostile class relations. Robert Mackay re-examines these debates, arguing that, for all its imperfections, British society under threat remained vital, cohesive and optimistically creative about its future.
The People S War
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Author : Angus Calder
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-07-31
The People S War written by Angus Calder and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with History categories.
The Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'; no section of society remained untouched by military conscription, air raids, the shipping crisis and the war economy. In this comprehensive and engrossing narrative Angus Calder presents not only the great events and leading figures but also the oddities and banalities of daily life on the Home Front, and in particular the parts played by ordinary people: air raid wardens and Home Guards, factory workers and farmers, housewives and pacifists. Above all this revisionist and important work reveals how, in those six years, the British people came closer to discarding their social conventions than at any time since Cromwell's republic. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys prize in 1970, The People’s War draws on oral testimony and a mass of neglected social documentation to question the popularised image of national unity in the fight for victory.
The British Army And The People S War 1939 1945
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Author : Jeremy A. Crang
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2000-11-18
The British Army And The People S War 1939 1945 written by Jeremy A. Crang and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-18 with History categories.
During the Second World War the British army absorbed approximately three million new recruits, the majority of whom were conscripts. Drawn from all occupational groups and social classes, the military authorities were confronted with the task of molding these civilians in uniform into an effective fighting force. This book analyzes the impact of this process of integration on the army as a social institution. Exploring such aspects of the army’s social organization as other rank selection, officer selection, officer promotion, officer-man relations, the soldier’s working life, army welfare, and army education, it assesses the ways in which the army changed in relation to its new intake, what the extent of any change that took place actually was, and how different the army of 1945 was to that of 1939.
The Test Of War
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Author : Robert Mackay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Test Of War written by Robert Mackay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Great Britain categories.
Robert Mackay provides an up-to-date examination of the British home front and the country's experience of war, 1939-1945.
Britain At War
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Author : Richard Overy
language : en
Publisher: Carlton Books
Release Date : 2011-09
Britain At War written by Richard Overy and has been published by Carlton Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with History categories.
Endorsed by, and including rare facsimile memorabilia from, the Imperial War Museum, one of the world's biggest museums specializing in 20th-century military conflict Written by leading historian Richard Overy, Britain at War transports the reader right back into the heart of the action. Each key event is presented concisely, with maps, photographs, and documents bringing the epic story to life as never before. Every theater involving British troops is covered, from the first two years of the global conflagration in which Britain and her Commonwealth allies, stood alone against the might of [Nazi] Germany and her Axis allies fascist Italy and [Imperial Japan], to the later years when allied alongside the United States and Russia, they continued the long, hard, but ultimately victorious fight for the freedom of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Special items include: Order No. 1 (the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany); the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; and Montgomery's orders for El Alamein.
The Navy At War 1939 1945
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Author : Stephen Wentworth Roskill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
The Navy At War 1939 1945 written by Stephen Wentworth Roskill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
This Is England
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Author : Neil Rattigan
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 2001
This Is England written by Neil Rattigan and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Third, that the condition of total war in which Britain found itself a short time after the commencement of hostilities would mean that films, and indeed, all mass/popular culture, would respond to the urgency of the situation by taking a special interest in representations of British society. And fourth, following on from this, that British films of the Second World War would, one way or another, be agents of propaganda. From these propositions, the book examines just what these films had to say about social class in the images of Britain they were promulgating, with the corollaries of just how were they saying it, and why were they saying it. Alongside this is a concern with what propaganda purposes were being met by these films."--Jacket.
Propaganda In War 1939 1945
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Author : Michael Balfour
language : en
Publisher: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul
Release Date : 1979
Propaganda In War 1939 1945 written by Michael Balfour and has been published by London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
Bogen beskriver og analyserer detaljeret hvordan krigens nyheder blev behandlet både fra engelsk og fra tysk side, illustreret med talrige eksempler fra årene under 2. Verdenskrig. Forfatteren var ansat i Ministry of Information, som sorterede nyhederne til hjemmefronten, og The Political Warfare Executive, som sendte propaganda til tyskerne, og til de tysk-besatte lande, og som samtidig (i Intelligence Directorate) fulgte den tyske propaganda hver dag. Bogen bygger på materiale fra både tyske og engelske arkiver.
Convoy
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Author : Philip Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 1998
Convoy written by Philip Kaplan and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
The ships and men of the Allied merchant navies. Without the British Merchant Navy, the American Merchant Marine and the Canadian Merchant Navy, Britain could not have survived even a few weeks of war.