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London at war

"The aim of this book is simple. It is to provide a selection or atlas of photographs of items relating to the home front in London during the two world wars. Most importantly, these items must be reasonably available for viewing to the general public in real life. There are (essentially) no military memorials. There is little social history since it has been done before. The area of interest is that under the governance of the old London County Council (which ran the central part of London during the period covering WWI and WWII), plus the city of London"—Preface.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 168 pages

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