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

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

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

The author examines how national belonging, or British national identity, was envisaged in the public culture of the World War II home front.

A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought "from below." Until now, the vast majority of historical accoun