| Description |
1 online resource (132 p.) |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 In the Beginning -- 2 Preparing for War -- 3 The Phoney War -- 4 The Shooting War Begins -- 5 Life at War -- 6 A War of Contrasts -- 7 An Aeroplane is Shot Down -- 8 America Reluctantly Joins the War -- 9 Abuse -- 10 An Uncle Visits -- 11 A Sneaky Bombing -- 12 A Change of Schools -- 13 A Milklady and a Faraway Battle -- 14 School Matters -- 15 Great Events and a New Kind of Bombing -- 16 A Country Life -- 17 A Mixed Bag -- 18 Victory, But Not the End of the War -- 19 Eighty Years On -- About the Author |
| Summary |
The incredible true story of a boy trying to lead a normal life in London amidst the terrors and horrors of the Blitz and V bombs raining down in the Second World War. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Model, D. G. (Douglas G.) -- Childhood and youth.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- England -- London.
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London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
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Children |
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England -- London https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJp68ckpMtKGHPFWQrwDMP |
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Bombardment of London (London, England : 1940-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9fKBW3BpYB9VbGJVK |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Model, Douglas Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London Cheltenham : The History Press,c2022 9780750999625 |
| ISBN |
1803991321 |
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9781803991320 (electronic bk.) |
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