Sisters in arms : women in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War / Jeremy A. Crang. [...
Sisters in arms : women in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War / Jeremy A. Crang. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (xii, 341 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Revival -- Organisation and Recruitment -- Training and Selection -- Work -- Status and Discipline -- Necessities of Life -- Medical Matters -- Off Duty -- Overseas Service -- Demobilisation and the Creation of the Permanent Women's Services.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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England
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2020.
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During the Second World War some 600,000 women were absorbed into the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and the Women's Royal Naval Service. These women performed important military functions for the armed forces, both at home and overseas, and the jobs they undertook ranged from cooking, typing and telephony to stripp...
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Sisters in arms : women in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War / Jeremy A. Crang. [electronic resource]
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Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
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74VKaz0aZwx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0aZwx3
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ISBN
1-139-00419-0
1-108-91656-2
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940.54/1241082
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991024402507802626