In this vivid memoir, Douglas Model tells the incredible true story of his wartime childhood in Wembley amidst the horrors of the Blitz. Contrasting his peaceful infant life – which included a hiking holiday to Nazi Germany in 1934 – with the terrors of war, Douglas remembers his schooling, friendships and childhood mischief alongside the everyday realities of bombing raids, gas masks and rationing. Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London provides an invaluable account of significant wartime events through the eyes of a child, including the fall of France, the Dunkirk evacuation, the horrifying discoveries of Nazi concentration camps and, at long last, the sweetness of Allied victory.
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Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 In the Beginning
- 2 Preparing for War
- 3 The Phoney War
- 4 The Shooting War Begins
- 5 Life at War
- 6 A War of Contrasts
- 7 An Aeroplane is Shot Down
- 8 America Reluctantly Joins the War
- 9 Abuse
- 10 An Uncle Visits
- 11 A Sneaky Bombing
- 12 A Change of Schools
- 13 A Milklady and a Faraway Battle
- 14 School Matters
- 15 Great Events and a New Kind of Bombing
- 16 A Country Life
- 17 A Mixed Bag
- 18 Victory, But Not the End of the War
- 19 Eighty Years On
- About the Author
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