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Author : Austin J. Ruddy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 1526767333
Author : Austin J. Ruddy
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526740878
A colorful catalogue of objects that illustrate what everyday life was like in wartime Britain. A lifesaving gas mask. A ration book, essential for the supply of food. A shelter stove that kept a family warm while they huddled in their Anderson shelter. A leaflet dropped by the Luftwaffe that was designed to intimidate Britain’s populace during the threat of invasion. A civilian identity card over-stamped with the swastika eagle from the occupied Channel Islands. A rare, previously unpublished, snapshot of legendary bandleader Glenn Miller playing at a UK air base. A twisted remnant of German V2 rocket that went to space and back before exploding over London, the result of equally twisted military science. Colorful flag bunting that saw the VE celebrations in 1945. These disparate objects and many more together tell the moving and important story of Britain’s home front during the Second World War. The ordinary objects featured in this book, supplemented with facts, figures, dates, stories, and statistics, portray the highs and lows the British people experienced during six years of war—from the deprivations of rationing and the bombing of the Blitz, to the cheery songs, elegant fashions, and “Dig For Victory” spirit.
Author : Neil R. Storey,Fiona Kay
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399001618
Faces of the Home Front presents a fascinating insight into the people, wartime organisations, events, life and work on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times told through an array of previously unpublished rare photographs, illustrations and ephemera. If you have wondered how Air Raid Wardens, Ambulance crews, Home Guard, Firemen, Special Constables, Women's Voluntary Service and the Women's Land Army were recruited and trained, how they were uniformed and what their duties entailed in wartime were, this is the book for you. Drawing on the authors’ own extensive archives of original photographs, training manuals, documents, decades of research and interviews with those who were there, there are stories of well-known events such as the Blitz on London and many other often lesser known events and incidents around the country, some deeply moving, some harrowing and some that show how the kindness and selfless bravery of people that helped get Britain through its darkest hours. The combination of images and stories vividly bring to life the experiences of people in cities, towns and countryside in wartime as they experienced evacuation, rationing, the black-out and air raids touched the lives of everyone. This volume is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any family historian, collector, re-enactor.
Author : Brian L Davis
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1846031850
Osprey's examination of Germany's home front situation during World War II (1939-1945). At the outbreak of war in 1939 Germany was committed to the concept of Blitzkrieg - a swift and decisive war. Yet, the reality became something very different as every corner of German society was hit by the realities of war. This book details the critical civilian support that was necessary to maintain Nazi control of the civilian population and includes first-hand accounts of the experiences of civilians who suffered at the hands of their own government as well as enduring the deprivations and fears of wartime life. With analysis and descriptions of civil and home services, from air raid wardens to postwomen, this book provides a detailed, lavishly illustrated description of wartime life in Germany, exploring the tentacles of the Nazi state as they affected every man, woman and child.
Author : Susan Briggs
Publisher : Weinfeld and Nicolson
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : 007007805X
Great Britain during WWII as shown through photographs and drawn media.
Author : Susan R. Grayzel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108491273
Uncovers how a material object - the civilian gas mask - can reveal the power and limits of the modern state facing total war.
Author : Stuart Hylton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:1245824663
Author : Paul Evens,Peter Doyle
Publisher : Crowood Press UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1861269277
For those living in Britain between 1939 and 1945, the war was an ever-present reality; reminders were to be found everywhere. Huge numbers of objects relating to the war effort at home - some functional, like gas masks, ARP uniforms and ration books, and others less so, like Hitler chamber pots and toys and games - were manufactured and became commonplace in homes up and down the land. Today many of these items have become highly collectable. Peter Doyle and Paul Evans have put together a huge selection of objects, each one superbly illustrated and described in detail.
Author : Roger Moorhouse
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781922387745
Hitler's Third Reich is still the focus of numerous articles, books and films: no regime of the twentieth century has prompted such interest or such a body of literature. Collated and presented by one of the world's leading historians of Nazi Germany and illustrated with photographs throughout, this book is an accessible, compelling and often revelatory guide to the Third Reich. Ranging from documents and postcards to weapons and personal effects, these objects include Pervitin, Hitler's Mercedes, Hitler's grooming kit, the Messerschmitt 262, the Luger pistol, the Tiger Tank, Eva Braun's lipstick case, the underpants of Rudolf Hess, and, of course, the Swastika and Mein Kampf.
Author : Terry Charman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989-09-01
Category : Germany
ISBN : 5551067254
Author : T. C. Charman
Publisher : Philomel Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0802225683
Photographs depict the experiences of civilians, including concentration camp prisoners, foreign slave laborers, and ordinary families, during the war
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:1193941745
Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526759030
‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about this battle than I had been about the glorious air fight called the Battle of Britain.” In reality, the Kriegsmarine had been woefully unprepared for the war into which it was thrown. The Command-in-Chief of submarines, Karl Dönitz, himself a verteran U-boat captain from the First World War, felt that he could bring Britain to its knees with a fleet of 300 U-Boats. But when war broke out, he had just twenty-four available for operational use. Despite this, the U-Boat arm scored some incredible successes in the early part of the war, raising the status of the submarine commanders and crews to that of national heroes in the eyes of the German people. The ‘Grey Wolves’ had become super-stars. Small wonder then that the U-Boat war has fascinated students of military history ever since. This book, using a carefully selected range of both wartime images and colour images of surviving U-boat memorabilia from private collections, describes 100 iconic elements of the U-Boat service and its campaigns. The array of objects include important individuals and the major U-Boat types, through to the uniforms and insignias the men wore. The weapons, equipment and technology used are explored, as are the conditions in which the U-boat crews served, from cooking facilities and general hygiene down to the crude toilet facilities. Importantly, the enemy that they faced is also covered, examining the ship-borne and airborne anti-submarine weaponry utilised against the U-boats. The U-Boats began the war, though small in number, more than a match for the Allies and created carnage amongst merchant shipping as well as sinking several major warships. The pace of technological development, however, failed to match that of Allied anti-submarine warfare weaponry and the U-Bootwaffe was ultimately doomed to defeat but not before, at one point, coming close to bringing Britain to its knees.
Author : Lucy Adlington
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526712363
An illustrated history of World War II-era women’s fashions, featuring ladies from all nations involved in conflict. What would you wear to war? How would you dress for a winter mission in the open cockpit of a Russian bomber plane? At a fashion show in Occupied Paris? Singing in Harlem, or on fire watch in Tokyo? Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2 is a unique, illustrated insight into the experiences of women worldwide during World War II and its aftermath. The history of ten tumultuous years is reflected in clothes, fashion, accessories, and uniforms. As housewives, fighters, fashion designers, or spies, women dressed the part when they took up their wartime roles. Attractive to a general reader as well as a specialist, Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2 focuses on the experiences of British women, then expands to encompass every continent affected by war. Woven through all cultures and countries are common threads of service, survival, resistance, and emotion. Historian Lucy Adlington draws on interviews with wartime women, as well as her own archives and costume collection. Well-known names and famous exploits are featured—alongside many never-before-told stories of quiet heroism. You’ll indulge in luxury fashion, bridal ensembles, and enticing lingerie, as well as thrifty make-do-and-mend. You’ll learn which essential garments to wear when enduring a bomb raid and how a few scraps of clothing will keep you feeling human in a concentration camp. Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is richly illustrated throughout, with many previously unpublished photographs, 1940s costumes, and fabulous fashion images. History has never been better dressed.
Author : Ian Castle
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526767260