London 1945: Life in the Debris of War
Autor Maureen Walleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2006
When Hitler unleashed a fierce barrage of weapons on the defiant capital of England, London's resilient citizens were undaunted. With colorful detail and rich insight, historian Maureen Waller takes readers through London in the last year of war. She reveals the magnificence of human spirit that carried a besieged people through agonizing travails and the long, giddy transformation the metropolis made as it passed through battle, to celebration, and back to life as usual.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780312338046
ISBN-10: 031233804X
Pagini: 511
Dimensiuni: 152 x 230 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: GRIFFIN
ISBN-10: 031233804X
Pagini: 511
Dimensiuni: 152 x 230 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: GRIFFIN
Notă biografică
Maureen Waller
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London at the outset of war in 1939 was the greatest city in the world, the heart of the British Empire. The defiant capital had always been Hitler's prime target and 1945, the last year of the war, saw the final phase of the battle of London. The Civil Defence could not have succeeded without the spirit, courage, resilience and co-operation of the people. London 1945 describes how a great city coped in crisis, how morale was sustained, shelter provided, food and clothing rationed, and work and entertainment carried on.
Then, as the joy of VE Day and VJ Day passed into memory, Londoners faced severe shortages and all the problems of post-war adjustment. Women lost the independence the war had lent them, husbands and wives had to learn to live together again, and children had a lot of catching up to do.
The year of victory, 1945, represents an important chapter in London's - and Britain's - long history.
London at the outset of war in 1939 was the greatest city in the world, the heart of the British Empire. The defiant capital had always been Hitler's prime target and 1945, the last year of the war, saw the final phase of the battle of London. The Civil Defence could not have succeeded without the spirit, courage, resilience and co-operation of the people. London 1945 describes how a great city coped in crisis, how morale was sustained, shelter provided, food and clothing rationed, and work and entertainment carried on.
Then, as the joy of VE Day and VJ Day passed into memory, Londoners faced severe shortages and all the problems of post-war adjustment. Women lost the independence the war had lent them, husbands and wives had to learn to live together again, and children had a lot of catching up to do.
The year of victory, 1945, represents an important chapter in London's - and Britain's - long history.
Recenzii
She writes with a great affection for London ... a compelling picture of the life of the ordinary Londoner
An ambitious enterprise, and Waller brings it off admirably - a sort of Bayeux Tapestry
A wonderfully vivid panorama of a thrilling time
An enjoyable read and meticulously researched
Meticulously researched account imbues the second-world-war era with a matchless sense of immediacy
Convincing, humane and highly readable
Magisterial ... a fine account in which sober analysis is combined with a mass of memorable and emotive information
An ambitious enterprise, and Waller brings it off admirably - a sort of Bayeux Tapestry
A wonderfully vivid panorama of a thrilling time
An enjoyable read and meticulously researched
Meticulously researched account imbues the second-world-war era with a matchless sense of immediacy
Convincing, humane and highly readable
Magisterial ... a fine account in which sober analysis is combined with a mass of memorable and emotive information