The Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'; no section of society remained untouched by military conscription, air raids, the shipping crisis and the

During the Second World War the British army absorbed approximately three million new recruits, the majority of whom were conscripts. Drawn from all occupationa

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealt

Which People's War? examines how national belonging, or British national identity, was envisaged in the public culture of the World War II home front. Using mat

In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection exam