Waiting for war Britain 1939-1940
The commanding features of everyday life in 1939 - the blackout, gas-masks, air-raid shelters, evacuees, rationing and the profusion of often contradictory rules and regulations - seem bizarre almost to the point of farce. But they were real enough to those who had to live the experience. A compensa...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London
Icon Books Ltd
2019
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The commanding features of everyday life in 1939 - the blackout, gas-masks, air-raid shelters, evacuees, rationing and the profusion of often contradictory rules and regulations - seem bizarre almost to the point of farce. But they were real enough to those who had to live the experience. A compensating factor was the ability of the country to laugh at the absurdities of life under the shadow of the swastika |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781785785481 978-1-78578-548-1 1785785486 1-78578-548-6 |