Digging for Victory: Gardens and Gardening in Wartime Britain
Twigs Way and Mike Brown
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Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey just...
Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939-45: The Utility Dream Palace
Jeffrey Richards and Richard Farmer
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During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak....
Agent Rose: The True Spy Story of Eileen Nearne, Britain's Forgotten Wartime Heroine
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In September 2010 the body of Eileen Nearne was found in a flat in Torquay. With no known friends or...
Operation Tabarin: Britain's Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica 1944-46
Stephen Haddelsey and Alan Carroll
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In 1943 Winston Churchill's War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front, fought not on the...
The Home Front: British Wartime Memorabilia, 1939-1945
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For those living in Britain between 1939 and 1945, the war was an ever-present reality; reminders...
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The Night Watch
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Tender and tragic, set against the turbulent backdrop of wartime Britain, the night watch is the...
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Fighter Ace: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Bader, Battle of Britain Hero
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THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY TO TRULY SEPARATE FACT FROM MYTH AND LEGEND. The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF...
Spitfire Pilot: An Extraordinary True Story of Combat in the Battle of Britain
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This is the Battle of Britain memoir of Roger Hall, a 152 Squadron Spitfire pilot based in southern...