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Bezig met laden... How We Lived Then: A History of Everyday Life During the Second World War (1971)door Norman Longmate
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A fairly unique look at the period from 1939 -1945 in Great Britain. Not a story of the RAF or US Army Air Corps or any of the various military units in action at that time but, rather, a view of life for the society as a whole. The accounts of people from all walks of life are incorporated into chapters dealing with discreet slices of life. Air raid shelters, food, education among many others. The author is adept at bringing the different voices into play and keeps a consistent weave of events without letting it deteriorate into disconnected points. This is a tricky task that is handled well. Reccommended for history enthusiasts. ( ) World War II was in many instances the defining event for modern Britain. It lasted 6 long years, two of which they were fighting Germany alone. Norman Longmate gives us an encyclopedic look at what it was like to live in the UK during those years, From rationing (which lasted until 1954) to mandatory national service for anyone under the age of 60, to the nightly bombing during the Blitz (and later attacks by V-1 and V-2 rockets) to the more friendly, but still disconcerting invasion of over a million foreign troops. one can only have boundless admiration for the British people who not only managed to keep on going, but who were remarkably cheerful about it. Today we fight ugly little wars in far away place and no one except the families of our all volunteer armed services make any kind of sacrifice. It's instructive to read a book like this to see what people had to do when they were literally with their backs to the wall trying to save western civilization. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold. In contrast with the thousands of books on military operations, barely any have concerned themselves with the individual's experience. The problems of the ordinary family are barely ever mentioned - food rationing, clothes rationing, the black-out and air raids get little space, and everyday shortages almost none at all. This book is an attempt to redress the balance; to tell the civilian's story largely through their own recollections and in their own words. 'Mr Longmate has recruited an enormous volunteer army of home-front veterans who sent him their wartime recollections... He has brilliantly sifted and assembled the precious debris' Guardian .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)941.084History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor 1936-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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