Christmas on the Home Front, 1939-1945
by Brown, MikeFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-06
Publisher(s): Sutton Pub Ltd
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Summary
Drawing upon personal recollections, contemporary Mass Observation reports, newspaper articles and advertisements, personal and archive photographs, Mike Brown looks at each wartime christmas on the British Home Front, from 1939 to 1944. Life in Britain changed dramatically as the war progressed; the annual celebration of Christmas provides fascinating yearly 'snapshots', illuminating the changes over six years of conflict.
Table of Contents
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| Postscript | 186 | (2) | |||
| Bibliography | 188 | (1) | |||
| Index | 189 |
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