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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
SPITFIRE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II SPITFIRE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II GILES WHITTELL The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II – mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots.Why would the well-bred daughter o… OL13676162W
The real Tenko The real Tenko Mark Felton "This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a number of memoirs have been published there is no dedicated volum… OL16617281W
Double victory Double victory Cheryl Mullenbach 266 pages : 22 cm OL16681599W
Jambusters Jambusters Julie Summers The compelling true story that inspired the forthcoming major ITV drama series HOME FIRES. The Second World War was the WI's finest hour. The whole of its previous history - two decades of educating,… OL17215885W
У войны не женское лицо У войны не женское лицо Светлана Алексиевич «У войны́ не же́нское лицо́» — документально-очерковая книга белорусской писательницы, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе 2015 года Светланы Алексиевич. В этой книге собраны рассказы женщин, у… OL1725868W
Code girls Code girls Liza Mundy Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, the… OL19716718W
The girls of Atomic City The girls of Atomic City Denise Kiernan In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story … OL19963587W
Madame Fourcade's Secret War Madame Fourcade's Secret War Lynne Olson From Penguin/Random House: *The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author o… OL20161094W
Jews and gender in liberation France Jews and gender in liberation France K. H. Adler This book takes a new look at occupied and liberated France through the dual prism of race (specifically Jewishness) and gender - core components of Vichy ideology. The imagining of liberation, and t… OL5751870W
Wings, women, and war Wings, women, and war Reina Pennington,John Erickson The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units -- grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, … OL6208443W
Five chimneys Five chimneys Olga Lengyel Memoir of a Hungarian woman who was imprisoned for several years in the German concentration camp Auschwitz. OL6447995W