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Twenty-One: Coming of Age in World War II: Coming of Age in the Second World W..
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- ISBN
- 9780007213801
- Book Title
- Twenty-One: Coming of Age in the Second World War
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 240mm
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- History
- Item Width
- 159mm
- Item Weight
- 675g
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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The Second World War affected the lives of ordinary men and women more directly than any other conflict before or since. This book presents an unprecedented look at the lives of twenty-one young men who answered their country's call to arms and left their homes and loved ones to fight in often unfamiliar and far-reaching corners of the globe. Many never returned, and those who did found their homes and countries much-changed by long years of war. Most discovered they had become different people: having seen death and destruction on a scale they had never imagined they would witness, the return to civilian life was often far from easy. Now, more than sixty years on, this remarkable generation is fading. Most are now over eighty and around the world more than two thousand veterans of the war are passing away every day. But in this new book by Sunday Times best-selling author James Holland, he recounts the real-life stories of twenty-one young men from around the world and who served in different services and different theatres of the war. Whether it be the Byers brothers from Canada or Bill Laity from Cornwall, Wlad Rubnikowicz from Poland or Tom Finney from Preston, each began the war with little idea of what lay in store; and yet, as this book shows, each displayed astonishing courage, fortitude and resilience, united by a sense of honour and duty, and bound by the fellowship of their comrades. Often reacting in very different ways to the strange and frequently terrifying situations in which they found themselves, they each suffered hardships and loss, making sacrifices that can only be marvelled at by today's generation. It was a sacrifice that has ensured a lasting peace amongst the warring nations; and if some of these survivors are perplexed by how the world has developed, none doubts the value of what they did all those years ago. Moving, poignant, and conveying all the drama, tension and fear experienced in war, Twenty-One is an uplifting tribute to a passing generation, describing the wide range of experiences and extremes these remarkable men and women witnessed during the Second World War.
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HarperCollins
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9780007213801
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Book Title
Twenty-One: Coming of Age in the Second World War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
368 Pages
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Item Height
240mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
675g
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