184-94; see also James Lea Cate and E. Kathleen Williams, 'The Air Corps Prepares for War, 1939-1941', in Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate (eds), Plans and Early Operations: January 1939 to August 1942 (Washington, DC, ...
Jeremy Crang provides a compelling new history of women who served with the British armed forces during the Second World War.
Published in time for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this new history broadens and deepens our understanding of an event that became an instant legend. For the...
This book analyzes the impact of this process of integration on the army as a social institution.
On the night of 13 and 14 February 1945, the RAF bombed the city of Dresden, causing devastating fires which obliterated the historic city centre and killed many thousands of...
Edited and introduced by two leading historians of the period, who tell the inside story of Home Intelligence and why it proved so controversial in Whitehall, the complete and unabridged sequence of reports provide us with a unique and ...
When the disorder and the destruction of the ' blitz ' was seen at its worst in the early morning following the night of the ... These and others were passed on to the officials concerned , and 282 THE SPIRIT OF THE BLITZ REHOUSING AND ...
The following points are made : RURAL IRELAND Here the main subjects of public concern are as follows : 1. The bombing of Eire . For a few days after the raids , panic predominated over indignation . Even the sound of a motor - engine ...
In this wide-ranging study, which draws on a multitude of sources and combines organisational history with the personal experiences of servicewomen, Jeremy Crang traces the wartime history of the WAAF, ATS and WRNS and the integration of ...
In this wide-ranging study, which draws on a multitude of sources and combines organisational history with the personal experiences of servicewomen, Jeremy Crang traces the wartime history of the WAAF, ATS and WRNS and the integration of ...
A Military History of Scotland is a wide-ranging and lavishly illustrated volume, which covers the military history of Scotland from the Picts to Basra. *AUTHOR APPROVED * 'Here truly is a magnificent book which does comprehensive justice ...
Firestorm assembles a cast of distinguished scholars to review the origins, conduct, and consequences of the World War II U.S. and British raids on Dresden. Here is a panoramic reassessment...