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Seller: Military History Books, Weymouth, Dorset, United KingdomMilitary History Books
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(Subject: World War II - General) Now a well known documentary film maker, the author was a teenager at the outbreak of war. Originally evacuated to the North of England, the family returned to their home in Canterbury in 1941 only be be bombed in June 1942. Too young to join the RAF, Michael worked as a journalist for the Kentish Gazette newspaper, until in August 1942 when his application was accepted. His first posting was to Northern Ireland and then he was commissioned into the Intelligence branch and attached to a tactical Bomber Squadron in the lead-up to D-Day. (Published: 2005) (Publisher: Sutton Publishing) (ISBN: 0750942851) (Pagination: 308pp illustrations) (Condition: Small tear on spine crease of d/w and crease on 2 page edges o/w very good) UL-XXXXXX.
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- Title
- GROWING INTO WAR
- Author
- Michael Gill
- Publisher
- Sutton Publishing
- Publication year
- 2005
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0750942851
- ISBN 13
- 9780750942850
- Seller catalogs
- (Subject: World War II - General @ militaryhistorybooks.com )
Michael Gill is widely regarded as being one of the finest documentary film-makers of the twentieth century. Working as a junior reporter, he experienced the Second World War at first hand when he and his family were bombed out of their Canterbury home in June 1942. In August that year Michael joined the RAF and swiftly encountered the incomprehensible pettiness and rule-bound incongruities of service life.
Later commissioned into the RAF Intelligence Branch, he was attached to a tactical bomber squadron in the build-up to D-Day and flew as an observer on operations over the devastated Normandy countryside. As the war moved towards its awful conclusion, Michael journeyed to Holland and on into Germany with his unit, witnessing the final days of the war and its pathetic aftermath for ordinary Germans.
This beautifully observed memoir of the Second World War is head and shoulders above the many other accounts by those who did not fight the war 'at the sharp end', by virtue of Michael Gill's skilfully crafted narrative and believable characterisation of the people that inhabit its pages.
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Military History Books
Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since February 12, 2025
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Military History Books was founded many years ago in London and, several iterations later, it's now in the capable and expert hands of Armed Forces Veterans based in the sunny South-West of England. The 7,000+ book inventory will be available on AbeBooks early in 2025 and one of the first tasks will be to append photographs and full descriptions to as many of the listings as possible; a huge task, as we're sure you'll agree.
Operating from a large, temperature and humidity controlled building, we don't just sell books but also Magazines (mainly Aviation & Modelling) and Technical Publications. Obviously, the more we sell, the more we have to replace, so if you find yourself with a surplus quantity of titles of a military nature (and that covers all 3 Services throughout the world (plus 'Space', come to think of it!); get in touch and talk to us.
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