The Children who Fought Hitler
A British Outpost in Europe
$40.22
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2010
Summary
Few people know that Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials and cemeteries of Flanders Fields. Many married local women and their children grew up multi-lingual, but attended their own school and were intensely proud to be British.
When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threatened: …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848540873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848540876 |
| Author: | Sue Elliott, James Fox |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 137mm x 23mm |
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‘essential reading’
It’s hard to come up with new, untold stories about World War Two, but this book succeeds in just that… [James Fox] has retraced all the individual stories with impressive detail and moving candour - Military Illustrated
Fascinating - Best of BritishExtraordinary - Sunday Expressessential reading - Families JournalA vivid slice of human history. - Independent on SundayAbout The Author
Sue Elliott
James Fox was born in 1935 and was once one of the youngest pupils at the British Memorial School when it was evacuated in May 1940. After serving in the RAF with SHAPE in Paris he worked for NATO and in 1966 began a long and distinguished career with the Magnum Photos as Editor in Chief in New York and Paris. An accomplished photographer in his own right, he has published several volumes of photography. He lives in Paris.
Sue Elliott is the author of the bestselling social history of adoption, Love Child. She lives in west London.
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