The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women's forces

by Nuala Calvi and Duncan Barrett

Book Overview

The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940.

In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a population almost twice the size of ours from which to draw new waves of soldiers. Clearly, in the fight against Hitler, manpower alone wasn't going to be enough.

Eighteen-year-old Jessie Ward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007501226
• ISBN13: 9780007501229
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Harper Element
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"