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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins The Limited
ISBN-100007501226
ISBN-139780007501229
eBay Product ID (ePID)211768276
Product Key Features
Book TitleGirls Who Went to War : Heroism, Heartache and Happiness in the Wartime Women's Forces
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicMilitary / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Europe / Great Britain / General
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorNuala Calvi, Duncan Barrett
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight9.7 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.548141
SynopsisThe personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940.In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a population almost twice the size of ours from which to draw new waves of soldiers. Clearly, in the fight against Hitler, manpower alone wasn t going to be enough.Eighteen-year-old Jessie Ward defied her mother to join the ATS, Margery Pott signed up for the Women s Auxiliary Air Force, and nanny Kathleen Skin the WRNS. They left quiet homes for the rigours of training, the camaraderie of the young women who worked together so closely and to face a war that would change their lives for ever.Overall, more than half a million women served in the armed forces during the Second World War. This book tells the story of just three of them one from the Army, one from the Navy and one from the Air Force. But in their stories are reflected the lives of hundreds of thousands of others like them ordinary girls who went to war, wearing their uniforms with pride.", The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a population almost twice the size of ours from which to draw new waves of soldiers. Clearly, in the fight against Hitler, manpower alone wasn't going to be enough. Eighteen-year-old Jessie Ward defied her mother to join the ATS, Margery Pott signed up for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, and nanny Kathleen Skin the WRNS. They left quiet homes for the rigours of training, the camaraderie of the young women who worked together so closely and to face a war that would change their lives for ever. Overall, more than half a million women served in the armed forces during the Second World War. This book tells the story of just three of them - one from the Army, one from the Navy and one from the Air Force. But in their stories are reflected the lives of hundreds of thousands of others like them - ordinary girls who went to war, wearing their uniforms with pride.
LC Classification NumberD810.W7
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- 21. Dez. 2021
not historical biography, but historical fiction
I can recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction, but not to anyone who believes this is "historical biography" which is how it's categorized. I enjoy the history of World War II and would love this book if it was factual, without imagined conversations and situations. It's a disappointment, much like expecting a documentary but getting a Hallmark movie.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
