European Home Fronts 1939 1945
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European Home Fronts 1939 1945
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Author : Earl R. Beck
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1993-01-15
European Home Fronts 1939 1945 written by Earl R. Beck and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-15 with History categories.
In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.
The German Home Front 1939 45
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Author : Brian L Davis
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2007-10-23
The German Home Front 1939 45 written by Brian L Davis and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-23 with History categories.
Osprey's examination of Germany's home front situation during World War II (1939-1945). At the outbreak of war in 1939 Germany was committed to the concept of Blitzkrieg - a swift and decisive war. Yet, the reality became something very different as every corner of German society was hit by the realities of war. This book details the critical civilian support that was necessary to maintain Nazi control of the civilian population and includes first-hand accounts of the experiences of civilians who suffered at the hands of their own government as well as enduring the deprivations and fears of wartime life. With analysis and descriptions of civil and home services, from air raid wardens to postwomen, this book provides a detailed, lavishly illustrated description of wartime life in Germany, exploring the tentacles of the Nazi state as they affected every man, woman and child.
Faces Of The Home Front 1939 1945
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Author : Neil R. Storey
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2022-01-31
Faces Of The Home Front 1939 1945 written by Neil R. Storey and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-31 with History categories.
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.
Their Darkest Hour
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Author : Stuart Hylton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Their Darkest Hour written by Stuart Hylton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Great Britain categories.
The Home Front 1939 1945
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Author : Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Home Front 1939 1945 written by Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.
The Home Fronts Of Iowa 1939 1945
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Author : Lisa L. Ossian
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2009-10-16
The Home Fronts Of Iowa 1939 1945 written by Lisa L. Ossian and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-16 with History categories.
As Americans geared up for World War II, each state responded according to its economy and circumstances—as well as the disposition of its citizens. This book considers the war years in Iowa by looking at activity on different home fronts and analyzing the resilience of Iowans in answering the call to support the war effort. With its location in the center of the country, far from potentially threatened coasts, Iowa was also the center of American isolationism—historically Republican and resistant to involvement in another European war. Yet Iowans were quick to step up, and Lisa Ossian draws on historical archives as well as on artifacts of popular culture to record the rhetoric and emotion of their support. Ossian shows how Iowans quickly moved from skepticism to overwhelming enthusiasm for the war and answered the call on four fronts: farms, factories, communities, and kitchens. Iowa’s farmers faced labor and machinery shortages, yet produced record amounts of crops and animals—even at the expense of valuable topsoil. Ordnance plants turned out bombs and machine gun bullets. Meanwhile, communities supported war bond and scrap drives, while housewives coped with rationing, raised Victory gardens, and turned to home canning. The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939–1945 depicts real people and their concerns, showing the price paid in physical and mental exhaustion and notes the heavy toll exacted on Iowa’s sons who fell in battle. Ossian also considers the relevance of such issues as race, class, and gender—particularly the role of women on the home front and the recruitment of both women and blacks for factory work—taking into account a prevalent suspicion of ethnic groups by the state’s largely homogeneous population. The fact that Iowans could become loyal citizen soldiers—forming an Industrial and Defense Commission even before Pearl Harbor—speaks not only to the patriotism of these sturdy midwesterners but also to the overall resilience of Americans. In unraveling how Iowans could so overwhelmingly support the war, Ossian digs deep into history to show us the power of emotion—and to help us better understand why World War II is consistently remembered as “the Good War.”
The Bombing War
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Author : R. J. Overy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Bombing War written by R. J. Overy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Bombing, Aerial categories.
In The Bombing War, Richard Overy gives the first full narrative account of the aerial devastation of the European continent during World War II. From Stalingrad to the ports of the French west coast, from Clydeside to Malta, bombing was experienced by millions of ordinary Europeans. Why the bombing was undertaken and how the bombed societies survived are the two key questions answered in this remarkable book. Before 1939 there were exaggerated ideas about what a bombing war could achieve, with Europeans prepared for a nightmarish and immediate war of obliteration. Bombing was supposed to shorten wars by destroying industry and paralyzing the enemy will. These expectations proved false. Bombing was a long drawn out affair, failed to undermine morale and imposed only limited economic damage. Yet the more bombing failed to deliver the expected knockout blow, the more effort went in to attacking cities and their civilian populations, eroding any legal or moral constraints that had operated at first for the German, British and American air forces. Once the campaigns had started, the momentum for escalation became irreversible, with terrible consequences. The assault of the home front contributed little directly to the outcome of the war but it did distort the strategy of both sides by creating a new sphere for military combat which absorbed huge resources. It was this military dimension of the bombing war that really affected how Britain or Germany or the United States won or lost by 1945. The Bombing War brings together strategy, politics, technology, combat and social policy to understand the real experience of both bombing and being bombed. It strips away the many post-war myths and shows how quickly bombing came to be taken for granted on all sides and the established rules of war, even for liberal democracies, replaced by a moral expediency. 'We have got to kill a lot of Boche before we win this war.' 'Bomber' Harris, 1942
New York Times Book Of World War Ii 1939 1945
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Author : The New York Times
language : en
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Release Date : 2013-11-05
New York Times Book Of World War Ii 1939 1945 written by The New York Times and has been published by Black Dog & Leventhal this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with History categories.
The New York Times printed more words on World War II than any other newspaper and had more than 160 correspondents worldwide reporting on the war. Now, for the first time, The New York Times Complete World War II offers a singular opportunity to experience all the battles, politics, and personal stories through daily, first-hand journalism. Hundreds of the most riveting articles from the archives of the Times?including firsthand accounts of major events and little-known anecdotes?have been selected for inclusion in The New York Times: The Complete World War II. The book covers the biggest battles of the war, from the Battle of the Bulge to the Battle of Iwo Jima, as well as moving stories from the home front and profiles of noted leaders and heroes such as Winston Churchill and George Patton. A respected World War II historian and writer, editor Richard Overy guides readers through the articles, putting the events into historical context. The books is illustrated with hundreds of maps and historical photographs plus battlefield maps that originally appeared in the newspaper. Together they provide an engrossing look at this pivotal and defining era of world history.
The Home Front
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Author : Stanley Naylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Home Front written by Stanley Naylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Total War
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Author : Garry Disher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Total War written by Garry Disher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Bombing of Darwin - War with Japan - Battlefronts - Nurses - War artists - Prisoners of War - Cowra breakout - Dunera internees - Censorship - Home front (Homefront) - Rationing & ration books - War paintings by Albert Tucker - Women in the Second World War - Statistics of working women - Women in the armed services - American-Australian relations - American in Australia (GIs).