Bomb Girls: Britains' Secret Army: The Munitions Women of World War II

by Jacky Hyams

Book Overview

They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives, mums, and teenage girls, all "doing their bit" for the war effort, clocking in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping make the explosives, bullets, and war machines that would ensure victory for Britain. It was dangerous, dirty, and exhausting work. They worked round the clock, often exposed to toxic lethal chemicals. A factory accident could mean blindness, loss of limbs--or worse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782197540
• ISBN13: 9781782197546
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: John Blake
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"