The People's War: Reliving Life on the Home Front in World War II - Couverture souple

Felicity Goodall, Felicity

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0276444213 ISBN 13 : 9780276444210

Editeur : Reader's Digest, 2010

Synopsis

The People's War This is a fascinating and poignant collection of photographs and first-hand accounts documenting everyday life on Britain s war on the home front during WWII. Collected here are the stories of the men, women and children left at home who dug for victory, knitted for victory, waved goodbye to loved ones, accommodated strangers and went out to work. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is a fascinating and poignant collection of photographs and first-hand accounts documenting everyday life on Britain s war on the home front during WWII.

Collected here are the stories of the men, women and children left at home who dug for victory, knitted for victory, waved goodbye to loved ones, accommodated strangers, went out to work and who provided invaluable support to the troops on the frontline.

Accounts of mass evacuations during the 'phoney war', blackouts and camaradarie in the shelters sit alongside heart-warming tales of personal victories, tragic stories of loss and confusion and detailed accounts of the destruction of major cities, towns and villages.

Diary extracts, archive documents, letters, propaganda and personal memories are vividly brought to life with revealing and often breathtaking images, exposing the extraordinary lives of these ordinary citizens during the people's war.

Once we thought of a frontline village as a heap of shattered ruins in a pockmarked earth bordering the tumbled wilderness of No Man s Land. Now there are hundreds of British frontline towns and villages along our coasts, in the shadow of the menace, but as yet preserved from the worst of war s ravenges. No Man s Land is our own protecting element, the sea, where the Royal Navy Rides and Rules. Leonard Marshall Gander, May 1940

Farewell to theatres, movies, dances, dinner parties, and such pleasures; we pass our evenings in dug-outs, trying to read write or talk or play bridge, so far as the rattle of guns, the roar of planes and the crash of bombs will allow. Phyllis Warner, September 1940

Revue de presse :

The picture is among dozens of poignant images and stories of those left to cope at home during the confict in The People's War --The Mail on Sunday

Packed with evocative photographs and vivid stories. A Tribute to courage and camaraderie --Choice Magazine

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Reader's Digest
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0276444213
• ISBN 13: 9780276444210
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224