Britain 1940: The Decisive Year on the Home Front

by Anton Rippon

Book Overview

On New Year's Day 1940, the people of Britain looked back on the first four months of the Second World War with a sort of puzzled unease. Wartime life was nothing like what they had imagined. Unlike the First World War there was no fighting on the Western Front. Indeed, there was no Western Front. There had been no major air attacks. Four days into the war German bombers had approached the East Coast but no bombs were dropped. Everyone carried their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399021478
• ISBN13: 9781399021470
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 208 Pages