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Parachutes and Petticoats - Evocative Women's Stories from WWII

Parachutes and Petticoats – Evocative Women’s Stories from WWII

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Women were the backbone of the country’s war effort, ‘keeping calm’ and ‘carrying on’ on the frontline and under bombardment in the UK. Barbara sifted through the bloodstained paybooks and snapshots of the men killed at Dunkirk. Rosalind, a schoolteacher an pacifist, was suspended from her job. And after the war, Mary, a nurse, confronted the horrors of Belsen.

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SKU: 9781906784119

Category: Autobiography: general

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Women were the backbone of the country’s war effort, ‘keeping calm’ and ‘carrying on’ on the frontline and under bombardment in the UK. Barbara sifted through the bloodstained paybooks and snapshots of the men killed at Dunkirk. Rosalind, a schoolteacher an pacifist, was suspended from her job. And after the war, Mary, a nurse, confronted the horrors of Belsen.

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