World War Two: Voices From Wales

Compelling oral history, collecting personal Welsh memories of D-Day, Kindertransport, Home Guard, Women's Land Army, bombing raids, POW camp escape and more. Published to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, it gives the whole spectrum of experiences of the people of Wales during the conflict.

ISBN: 9781912631551

Price: £12.99

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Format: Paperback

Language: English

No. of pages: 208

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These are the words of witnesses to history which should not be forgotten. - Dame Sian Phillips

The generation that served in the Second World War are leaving us now, but this priceless collection will keep the memory and their stories alive. - James Phillips

This enjoyable book ensures that the sacrifices and stories of Wales's greatest generation will never be forgotten. - Britain at War Magazine

Mae e am fwy na'r rhyfed gyda'r bobol yma...maen nhw wedi gweld pethau erchyll, wedi dioddef colledion ofnadwy, a gall rhywun ddysgu ganddyn nhw. - Golwg

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dame Siân Phillips
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prologue: The Road to War
A Call to Arms
Evacuation From France
Refuge
Bomber Over Wales
Training for War
The Dark Years
The Tide Turns
Evasion
Captured
D-Day: 6 June 1944
Maquis and Escape Lines
Market Garden
Behind the Wire in Europe and the Far East
The Battle of the Bulge
Belsen and Liberation
War's End
Post-War and Looking Back
Index

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Compelling personal history of the events of World War Two , collected first-hand from the ordinary people of Wales who lived them. Vivid memories of troop evacuation from France, the Blitz, Kindertransport refugees, Home Guard, fighting in Europe and north Africa, POW life, escape routes for downed aircrew, D-Day, concentration camps and much more are brought together in this remarkable volume, published to preserve these voices for posterity. From Armed Forces personnel to Land Girls to children witnessing unimaginable destruction on the Home Front, this book gives the whole spectrum of experiences of the people of Wales during the conflict.