TY - BOOK AU - McBryde,Brenda TI - Quiet heroines: nurses of the Second World War SN - 0701129395 AV - D806 .M12 PY - 1985/// CY - London PB - Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Medical care KW - Nurses KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Military Nursing KW - history KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - Soins m�edicaux KW - Infirmi�eres KW - Histoire KW - 20e si�ecle KW - fast KW - Verpleegkundigen KW - gtt KW - Tweede Wereldoorlog KW - United Kingdom KW - World War 2 KW - Nursing services N1 - 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 ER -