Wartime Industry

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An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nations wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft. During the Second World War (193945), Britain stretched every sinew of its industrial might to fend off a Nazi invasion. As the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it harnessed, coordinated and maximised its resources, firstly to defend itself and then to help liberate Axis-occupied countries. Wartime Industry uses informative text and beautiful illustrations to show how the men and women of Britain met this unprecedented demand for military and home-front materials. It explores the work of Lord Beaverbrooks highly organised Ministry of Aircraft Production; the Shadow Factories that enabled manufacturers such as Vauxhall and Rootes to make tanks and aircraft; the Royal Ordnance Factories that produced firearms and explosives; the Bevin Boys conscripted to work in the coal mines; the Womens Timber Corps; and war workers who, together, helped the nation to make it.

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Neil R. Storey is an award-winning social historian and lecturer specialising in the impact of war on twentieth-century society. He has written over forty books, numerous articles for both national magazines and academic journals and features as guest expert on television and radio programmes and documentaries.