Duncan Barrett
Author
Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Lamplight Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the years leading up to and after the Second World War, many women left school at 14 to work in the bustling factories of London's East End. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyle's where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life. 'The Sugar Girls' recalls memories of this era.
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a young man who went to war a devoted servant of King and country and returned utterly convinced that war was wrong and who acted upon his convictions, making a pact with God that he would not kill. This memoir, written 50 years after the end of the war, draws on his diary entries and letters home.