Friendly invasion : memories of Operation Bolero, 1942-1945
Buckton, Henry2006
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Between 1942 and 1945, tens of thousands of young American servicemen arrived in Britain. This book is an examination of the way their presence affected them and the local people during the Second World War. It is a social history and studies the various relationships forged between the British public and their American guests.
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Friendly invasion : memories of Operation Bolero, 1942-1945 / Henry Buckton.
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Imprint:
Chichester : Phillimore, 2006.
Collation:
208 p.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781860774331 (pbk)1860774334 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'41273
Language:
English
Subject:
Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Great BritainOperation Bolero, 1942World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great BritainWarfare and DefenceGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- United StatesUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945
BRN:
368333
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