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Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… OL14973505W
Boldness be my friend Boldness be my friend Richard Pape 'Boldness Be My Friend' is a gripping first-hand account of wartime bravey by Richard Pape, a Royal Air Force Warrant Officer Manager from Bomber Command. His memoirs here cover the three-year period… OL17883598W
Sisters in arms Sisters in arms Nicola Tyrer "The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses (QAs) in the Second World War are some of the greatest adventure stories of modern times and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-c… OL17887225W
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organization created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines: in Winston Churchill'… OL18821772W
Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Gabriel Moshenska Modern warfare is a unique cultural phenomenon. While many conflicts in history have produced dramatic shifts in human behaviour, the industrialized nature of modern war possesses a material and ps… OL20927963W
Tank! Tank! Ken Tout This short book is a novelette-sized experiential treatment. It is raw, full of the period banter between the men of a tank battalion in Normandy. The characters crass humour is exquisitely raw. M… OL2274803W
War in a Stringbag War in a Stringbag Charles Lamb Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft… OL3670837W
Most secret war Most secret war Jones, R. V. Most Secret War is R V Jones's account of his part in British Scientific Intelligence between 1939 and 1945. It was his responsibility to anticipate the German applications of science to warfare, so … OL4100790W
A NURSE'S WAR A NURSE'S WAR Brenda McBryde Branda BcBryde's remarkable account of her experiences as a nurse in the Second World War. Her uniquely moving story began on the eve of World War II when Branda McBryde enrolled as a trainee nurs… OL5183308W
They have their exits They have their exits Airey Neave The Author, who as a senior member of Mrs. Thatcher's Government was tragically assassinated by the IRA, had the most distinguished of war records. Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate figh… OL5790270W
In Command of History In Command of History David Reynolds Churchill fought the war twice over - as Prime Minister and again as its premier historian. In 1948-54 he published six volumes of memoirs which secured his reputation and shaped our understanding of… OL700826W
Our street Our street Gilda O'Neill Our Street is the perfect companion to Gilda O'Neill's bestselling My East End. This book focuses on the lives of Londoners in the East End during the Second World War. Showing the concerns, hopes an… OL927188W