In these Red Cross memoirs, thirty women tell their stories of volunteer work with the Canadian Red Cross Corps in overseas postings during World War Two and the Korean War. These dramatic narratives take us across oceans infested with...
Military participation--Female
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Auteur:Day, Francis Martin, Spence, Phyllis, Ladouceur, BarbaraSommaire: -
Auteur:McKenzie, AndreaSommaire:Laura Holland and Mildred Forbes, an inseparable duo, set off from Montreal in June 1915 to serve as nursing sisters in the Great War. Over the next four years, the two cared for each other through sickness and health, air raids and...
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Auteur:Ackerman, SaraSommaire:"A fresh, delightful romp of a novel."-Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code. * SheReads Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of Summer 2021 pick * Book Reporter Summer Reading pick * BiblioLifestyle...
- Auteur:Marsh, Sarah GlennSommaire:
Anna Smith Strong (1790-1812) was a fearless woman who acted as a spy for George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Recruited by Washington's spymaster Major Benjamin Tallmadge, she joined the Culper Ring, a group of American...
- Auteur:Wein, ElizabethSommaire:
Early in World War II, Josef Stalin made the Soviet Union the first country to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments faced intense pressure and obstacles. Many were in their teens when they...
- Auteur:Cole, AlyssaSommaire:
"A masterful tale." -Kirkus, Starred Review on An Extraordinary Union The Civil War has turned neighbor against neighbor-but for one scientist spy and her philosopher soldier, war could bind them together. For three years of...
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Auteur:Parkin, SimonSommaire:By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised to reveal the tactics behind the vicious success of the German U-boats. Through...
