Britain'S 'Brown Babies'. The Stories of Children Born to Black GIS and White Women in the Second World War, Paperback - Lucy Bland

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2, 000 children born to black GIs and white British women in World War II. Stories from o...

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2, 000 children born to black GIs and white British women in world war 11. Stories from o...

The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Sec...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Paul BrickhillNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War

Published to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, these are powerful wartime stories written by the finest women writers...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Robin Brook's action-packed book describes the military airfields of Berkshire during the last war, including Greenham Common, Membury, Welford, an...

Previously untold stories and unpublished photographs of Norwich in wartimePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Neil R StoreyIllustration(s):...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact ...

An insightful look at the use of black propaganda during the Second World War

Reducere. The success of these operations can be measured by the fact that by 1943 the Germans were almost wholly dependent on double agents for news of what...

Reducere. Winner of both the National Book Award for Arts and Letters and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Paul Fussell's The Great War ...

New paperback edition - The experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well ...

Reducere. The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives...

Publisher: Manchester University PressAuthor(s): Corinna (Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural History) Peniston-BirdIllustration(s): Illustratio...

The first book to fully explore the uniform and style of young people in the Second World War

Reducere. The world suddenly changed into hell as the rivers and lakes turned into blood. The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean could not be left behind. ...

A short, compelling history of Black Britons during the First World War, for readers aged 8 to 12Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Stephen...

Capturing the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things through the turbulent years of the Second World WarPublisher: The History Press ...

Reducere. The Second World War gripped Poland as it did no other country in Europe. Invaded by both Germany and the Soviet Union, it remained under occupatio...

This book reveals the myths and mayhem which accompanied the three waves of wartime evacuation and documents the experiences of evacuees in their o...

A definitive guide to the Sunderland flying boat in the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew HendrieIllustration(s): ...

Poems From the Second World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts, and family and frie...

Reducere. Praised as "the best military historian of our generation" by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second W...

Reducere. The definitive, Nobel Prize winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring wo...

Reducere. A masterful and comprehensive new chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor. Over the past two decades, Ant...

Introducing young children to historical events with a global significance, the illustrated 'Fact Cat' character helps readers discover answers to ...

A striking new edition of the most authoritative account of the Second World War by one of the greatest living military historians.Publisher: Orion...

Formed in 1938, the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service was a remarkable legion of women; this is their story.

Reducere. The Soviet Union was not renowned for its fashionable clothing. However, after the World War II the Soviet Government opened several parallel organ...

Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understandi...

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each bo...

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

Fascinated by history? Wish you knew more? The Illustrated Introductions are here to help. In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out...