title: World War II (39 Volume Set)
author: Time Life Books
description: The full history of world war 2 in 39 volumes - brilliantly illustrated comprising Prelude to War, Blitzkrieg, The Battle of Britain, The Rising sun, The Battle of the Atlantic, Russia Besieged, The War in the Desert, The Home Front:USA, China-Burma-India, Island Fighting, The Italian Campaign, Partisans and Guerrillas, The Second Front, Liberation, Return to the Phillipines, The Air War in Europe, The Resistance, The Battle of the Bulge, The Road to Tokyo, Red Army Resurgent, The Nazis, Across the Rhine, War under the Pacific, War in the Outposts, The Soviet Juggernaut, Japan ay War, The Mediterranean, Battles for Scandinavia, The Secret War, Prisoners of War, The Commandos, The Home Front:Germany, Italy at War, Bombers over Japan, The Neutrals, Victory in Europe, Bombers over Japan, Aftermath: Europe, Aftermath: Asia.
zlib_text: RITA BRADSHAW
  
   _The Storm Child_
  
    
    
    
    
    
  
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  For dear Jayne, so brave, steadfast and faithful, with a heart that embraced
  the world. Your passing has left such a hole in so many lives, but we’re the
  richer for having known you.
  
  And remembering my little Alfie, loved and treasured beyond words and so
  special to his mum.
  
   _Acknowledgements_
  
  The following books were invaluable with research for
  
   _The Storm Child_ :
  
   _Chronology of World War Two_ by Edward Davidson and Dale Manning
  
   _Our Wartime Days: The WAAF in World War II_ by Squadron Leader Beryl E.
  Escott
  
   _The Nazi Officer’s Wife_ by Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin
  
   _Hitler’s Girls: Doves Amongst Eagles_ by Tim Heath
  
   _Yesterday’s Farm_ by Valerie Porter
  
   _Contents_
  
  PART ONE
  
   _The Arrival_ , 1921
  
  PART TWO
  
   _The Cottage Homes_ , 1927
  
  PART THREE
  
   _Where There’s a Will_ . . ., 1937
  
  PART FOUR
  
   _Corsets with Bone and Vests Tied with Tape_ , 1939
  
  PART FIVE
  
   _Alien Stars_ , 1944
  
  PA