Sisters in Arms: Women in the British Armed Forces During the Second World War

by Jeremy A. Crang

Book Overview

During the Second World War some 600,000 women were absorbed into the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and the Women's Royal Naval Service. These women performed important military functions for the armed forces, both at home and overseas, and the jobs they undertook ranged from cooking, typing and telephony to stripping down torpedoes, overhauling aircraft engines, and operating the fire control instruments in anti-aircraft...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110701347X
• ISBN13: 9781107013476
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"