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Anton Rippon

How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On

The British are well known for their unique sense of humour — for the ability to see the funny side even in the most dire situation — and it was that humour that helped the nation through the dark days of the Second World War. In this heartwarming, often amusing and sometimes heartbreakingly sad book, Anton Rippon has gathered together stories from people all over the country that reveal the strange, incredible and downright funny things that happened to them between 1939 and 1945.

From the Blitz to the Home Guard, blackouts to unexploded bombs, service life at home and abroad, there are stories here from all walks of life and from men, women and children of the time. Their first-person stories stand testament to that indomitable spirit that 'kept us calm and carrying on' through those darkest days.
223 printed pages
Copyright owner
Michael O'Mara Books
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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    AA – Anti-Aircraft
    AC2 – Aircraftsman 2nd Class
    AFS – Auxiliary Fire Service
    ARP – Air Raid Precautions
    ATS – Auxiliary Territorial Service
    CD – Civil Defence
    CO – Commanding Officer
    ENSA – Entertainments National Service Association
    GCO – General Commanding Officer
    HE – High Explosive (bomb)
    JP – Justice of the Peace
    KP – Kitchen Patrol
    LDV – Local Defence Volunteers
    MEF – Middle East Forces
    MO – Medical Officer
    MP – Military Policeman
    NAAFI – Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
    NCO – Non-Commissioned Officer
    NFS – National Fire Service
    RAF – Royal Air Force
    RAMC – Royal Army Medical Corps
    RASC – Royal Army Service Corps
    REME – Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
    RNVR – Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
    RSM – Regimental Sergeant Major
    SAS – Special Air Service
    USAAF – United States of America Air Force
    UXB – Unexploded Bomb
    VAD – Voluntary Aid Detachment
    WAAF – Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
    WRNS – Women’s Royal Naval Service
    WVC – Women’s Voluntary Corps
    WVS – Women’s Voluntary Service
    YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association

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