Isbn: 9781869506056 - last line of defence: new zealanders remember the war at home (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 272 pages. Light tanning In the dark days of the Second World War after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, New Zealand stood vulnerable and exposed before numbers in the home Army, Navy and A ir Force were built up, and women joined as WAACs and Wrens and WAAFs. Together they guarded New Zealand on land and sea: some tracked approaching airc raft, some monitored signals, some maintained essential equipment. They were sta tioned from the far north to the deep south, and together they were our Last Lin e of Defence. As well as the armed forces, men served in the Home Guard and wome n in the Women's War Service Auxiliary or Women's Land Service. Some people were held in detention camps because of their conscientious objection to the war. Whether it was carrying out top-secret radar work, making sure that the k itchens at Trentham Army camp were kept supplied, or running the first aid stati on at Papakura camp, the men and women in this book give us an insight into the vital backroom tasks so necessary in wartime. These moving and evocativ e stories of a nation at war complete the groundbreaking seven-volume Oral Histo ry series which began with A Unique Sort of Battle: New Zealanders Remember Cret e and which is destined to become a significant part of our cultural record.…