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Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
June 1940 and Western Europe is under German domination. German bombers shell channel convoys and the RAF is drawn into battle. The British public contributes pots and pans and scrap metal to build airplanes. The Home Guard-the local volunteer defense force-numbers one-and-a-half million men but only 70,000 rifles. As Italy enters the war, Americans fear that Britain will be defeated. Britain sustains heavy losses as the Germans bomb aircraft factories....
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1990
Language
English
Description
The shared suffering has created a new comradeship and determination-"London can take it!" Americans are told. Nevertheless, one military disaster follows another as Rommel triumphs in North Africa. Britain suffers acute shortages of food, as three merchant ships on average are sunk every day. Food rationing is introduced, and the U.S. begins its Lend-Lease program. Women contribute as never before, working in factories, in the women's branches of...
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