The Role of Birds in World War Two
Autor Nicholas Miltonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 mar 2022
As interesting as the birds were some of the people who watched them. Matthew Rankin and Eric Duffey counted seabirds while looking for U-boats. Tom Harrisson, the mastermind behind Mass Observation, watched people 'as if they were birds' while POW Guy Madoc wrote a truly unique book on Malayan birds, typed on paper stolen from the Japanese commandant's office. For Field Marshall Alan Brooke, Britain's top soldier, filming birds was his way of coping with the continual demands of Winston Churchill. In comparison, Peter Scott was a wildfowler who was roused by Adolf Hitler before the war but after serving with distinction in the Royal Navy became one of the greatest naturalists of his generation.
With a foreword by Chris Packham CBE Birds in the Second World War is the story of how ornithology helped to win the war.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781526794147
ISBN-10: 1526794144
Pagini: 252
Ilustrații: 40 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 240 x 165 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN-10: 1526794144
Pagini: 252
Ilustrații: 40 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 240 x 165 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Notă biografică
Nicholas Milton is a military and natural historian specializing in the Second World War and conservation who has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Independent and Britain at War magazine. His paternal grandfather Herbert Milton served with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and as a professional magician and member of the Magic Circle entertained the troops during the Second World War. His maternal grandfather Herbert Sweet fought with The Wiltshire Regiment in Palestine during the First World War and was an Air Raid Precautions warden during the Second World War.
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A celebration of the contribution that birds made in the Second World War.