Throughout the six years of conflict which began on 3 September 1939, military manoeuvres, bombs and calls for dedication to the war effort became the normality for children. For them this was a time of great excitement. Imagine the thrill of soldiers and tanks in the streets, Anderson shelters built in back gardens and barbed wire sprouting on beaches, the Battle of Britain and those spectacular dogfights, the Blitz and masses of shrapnel to collect, searchlights lighting up the night sky, the arrival of American servicemen and their inexhaustible supplies of chewing gum!

From Dunkirk to D-Day, through Doodlebugs to Victory, there was hardly a dull moment and remarkably little fear for children as they learned, collected and played under these bizarre circumstances.

• Latest title in Amberley’s growing Military History range.
• Reviews in the paperback review sections of national daily

  and Sunday newspapers, weeklies, and history magazines to include The Times,

  THES, BBC History Magazine and The Sunday Telegraph.

• The perfect book to stock in museums with sections on

  childhood or the Second World War.

• Author has interviewed numerous British men and women for

  their childhood reminiscences of life in wartime.

• Comprehensive coverage of the experience of children during

  the war.

• Author grew up during the war years and adds great personal

  insight into life as a child during this period.