Children of the War Years

Children of the War Years

by JaniceAnderson (Author)

Synopsis

When Britain declared war on Hitler's Germany in 1939, the lives of a generation of British children were altered forever. Between 1939 and 1945 British children experienced the horrors of a new kind of warfare that caused death and destruction in town and countryside on a scale that had hitherto been experienced only on the battlefield. Hundreds of thousands of them came to know what it meant to be sent away from home and family to live with strangers. Most of them grew up in a world in which food was limited, both in quality and quantity; some knew real hunger and deprivation. Many children saw little of their parents during the war years and many experienced death at close quarters. For many children the war years also offered inspiration, a sense of freedom, adventure and the feeling that they were part of something bigger than themselves. Children of The War Years explores the events of World War Two through the experiences of British children, taking the reader on a vivid pictorial journey into our nation's past.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Edition: First
Publisher: Futura
Published: 25 Aug 2008

ISBN 10: 0708803687
ISBN 13: 9780708803684

Author Bio
Janice Anderson was born and educated in New Zealand but has made Britain her home for many years. After working for many years as a journalist and editor for many of Britain's leading Non-Fiction publishers she became a freelance writer and editor specialising in illustrated non-fiction