The author James Lingard tells some of the experiences that he, as a young boy of about 5 or six years old, and his family went through during WWII in England. His first real taste of war was when he and his family returned from a picnic and found that the Anderson shelter in their back yard had been destroyed by a direct bomb hit. If they had been home during the air raid the whole family would surely have been killed.
The family moved several times trying to escape the war but the war seemed to The author James Lingard tells some of the experiences that he, as a young boy of about 5 or six years old, and his family went through during WWII in England. His first real taste of war was when he and his family returned from a picnic and found that the Anderson shelter in their back yard had been destroyed by a direct bomb hit. If they had been home during the air raid the whole family would surely have been killed.
The family moved several times trying to escape the war but the war seemed to follow them wherever they went.
The author provides an outline, consisting of short paragraphs, which would be a good way for someone not familiar with WWII to quickly review the main battles and turning points of the war.
I liked the book which for me was a quick but overall technical read. I wished the author had included more personal stories.
The family moved several times trying to escape the war but the war seemed to The author James Lingard tells some of the experiences that he, as a young boy of about 5 or six years old, and his family went through during WWII in England. His first real taste of war was when he and his family returned from a picnic and found that the Anderson shelter in their back yard had been destroyed by a direct bomb hit. If they had been home during the air raid the whole family would surely have been killed.
The family moved several times trying to escape the war but the war seemed to follow them wherever they went.
The author provides an outline, consisting of short paragraphs, which would be a good way for someone not familiar with WWII to quickly review the main battles and turning points of the war.
I liked the book which for me was a quick but overall technical read. I wished the author had included more personal stories.
Tags: Battle of Britain, Britain at War, Churchill, D-day, history, home front, world war 2
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