Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle For B - Hardcover
Synopsis
Drawing material from the Imperial War Museum's extensive aural archive, Joshua Levine brings together voices from both sides of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain to give us a unique, complete and compelling picture of this turbulent time. In June 1940, British citizens prepared for an imminent German onslaught. Hitler's troops had overrun Holland, Belgium and France in quick succession, and the British people anticipated an invasion would soon be upon them. From July to October, they watched the Battle of Britain play out in the skies above them, aware that the result would decide their fate. Over the next nine months, the Blitz killed more than 43,000 civilians. For a year, the citizens of Britain were effectively front-line soldiers in a battle which united the country against a hated enemy. We hear from the soldiers, airmen, fire-fighters, air-raid wardens and civilians, people in the air and on the ground, on both sides of the battle, giving us a thrilling account of Britain under siege. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this is the definitive oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in history.
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Good, EBURY PRESS, LONDON. 2006 A very good, clean and sound copy in blue cloth boards, illustrated endpapers, with a very good dust jacket.
Review
"Terrifically moving stuff" (Dominic Sandbrook Daily Telegraph)
"Anyone who wishes to learn about human courage, and human endurance, should read this account. It is more powerful than any drama, more convincing than any fiction" (Peter Ackroyd)
"the stories range from the humdrum to the heroic and all of them are full of pathos" (BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine)
"vividly and compellingly recalls a time when the nation stood as one" (Choice)
"With the rawness and immediacy that only this kind of oral history can provide." (Sunday Times)
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- PublisherEbury Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 009191003X
- ISBN 13 9780091910037
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages496
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