(Ebook) Remarkable Journeys Of The Second World War (A Collection Of Untold Stories) by Victoria Panton Bacon ISBN 9780750994866, 075099486X

(Ebook) Remarkable Journeys Of The Second World War (A Collection Of Untold Stories) by Victoria Panton Bacon ISBN 9780750994866, 075099486X

"I am delighted to report that my second book Containing eleven chapters of previously untold stories of the war years is a compilation of memories which I hope will shine a bright light on the challenges of travelling through the war – and the impact their experiences had on their later years. There are once more RAF memories – including an account of the ‘Long March’ in 1945 by a POW, a very poignant Household Cavalry story about being sent into battle after defeat was predicted, a Holocaust memory, a Home Guard account, a Merchant Navy story, a recollection of working on the railway as a POW after being captured at Singapore, and an code-breaking Enigma account – from Burma. In the midst of all the horror, pain, and sadness there is rich colour in these heart-felt memories; which draw on the strength and importance attached to fellowship, camaraderie and above all forgiveness''.Inspired by conversations with many veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime memoir, Victoria Panton-Bacon has gathered a moving collection of stories. These are stories of bravery, sadness, horror, doubt and longing, from ordinary people who lived under the long shadows cast by World War II and whose young lives were changed irrevocably. These were the young of a different age when work for most began at fourteen, and the world conspired to thrust them into the jaws of conflict. For them, war, the ultimate leveller, threw them into remarkable times, whether they were a merchant seaman, army officer, pilot, young Jewish girl, code breaker or Home Guard recruit. From one extraordinary story to the next, this is an important and immersive book revealing 11 totally different and unique wartime experiences.About the AuthorVictoria Panton Bacon lives in Suffolk (UK), with her two young boys and this is her second non fiction history, the first being about her grandfathers experiences with the RAF while flying on bomber operations.