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McBryde, Brenda.

Quiet heroines : nurses of the Second World War / Brenda McBryde. - London : Chatto & Windus : Hogarth Press, 1985. - x, 246 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241) and index.

The inevitability of war -- Mobilisation -- Dunkirk -- Britain alone -- The suez canal under threat -- The tragedy of Greece -- The siege of Malta -- Gibraltar -- Nurses on the home front -- War with Japan -- Hong Kong after the surrender -- The fall of Singapore -- Shipwreck and capture -- 1942 . . . Darkest before the Dawn -- El Alamein and after -- The Miracle of Penicillin -- Into Italy -- The battle of Mount Cassino -- Prelude to overlord -- The second front -- The collapse of the third reich -- The ultimate decision -- Internment: Bankinang and palembang -- Freedom.

ISBN: 0701129395 9780701129392

LCCN: 85191878

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8504085 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 010414074 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
Nurses--History--20th century.
Military Nursing--history
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Soins m�edicaux.
Infirmi�eres--Histoire--20e si�ecle.
Medical care.
Nurses.
Verpleegkundigen.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United Kingdom

Subjects--Index Terms: World War 2 Nursing services

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: D806 / .M12