Military spouses from World War I to Afghanistan tell their stories, presented along with personal photographs and diaries
For as long as there have been armed forces there have been camp followers the families who move with the military to stay with their men. This book looks at the experiences of just a few of these families, through the eyes of the military wives and their relatives. From the First World War, when many women were fiancees but never wives, through the Second World War and postwar Britain to the present day and twenty-first-century service life, military wives talk...
Military spouses from World War I to Afghanistan tell their stories, presented along with personal photographs and diaries
Was There Crime in the Second World War? At a time of national emergency, the average person could be forgiven for thinking that crime rates would go down as everyone tried to help the war effort. However, the reality was that criminals saw the war as an opportunity to exploit the emergency conditions and those with a previously unblemished reputation found themselves tempted off the straight and narrow. Criminal activity wasn't just a civilian occupation. The military services had its share of crime and the influx of foreign troops added to the problem. American and Canadian troops found...
Was There Crime in the Second World War? At a time of national emergency, the average person could be forgiven for thinking that crime rates would go ...
This book reveals the myths and mayhem which accompanied the three waves of wartime evacuation and documents the experiences of evacuees in their own words.
This book reveals the myths and mayhem which accompanied the three waves of wartime evacuation and documents the experiences of evacuees in their own ...
