The Great World War 1914–1945: 1. Lightning Strikes Twice. John Bourne

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Dedication

       To the generations who experienced the lightning strikes 1914–1945

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Editors’ Introduction

PART I THE FRONT LINE EXPERIENCE

Chapter 1 A personal reflection on the two World Wars

       J. M. Bourne

Chapter 2 Preparing for war: the experience of the Cameronians

       John Baynes and Cliff Pettit

Chapter 3 Waging the undersea war: a British perspective

       Jeff Tall

Chapter 4 The merchant seaman at war

       Tony Lane

Chapter 5 War in the air: the fighter pilot

       David Jordan

Chapter 6 War in the air: the bomber crew

       Christina Goulter

Chapter 7 The Desert War experience

       Niall Barr

Chapter 8 War in the Pacific

       Eric Bergerud

Chapter 9 War in the Tropics: East Africa and Burma

       Phillip Parotti

      Chapter 10 Hitting the beach: the amphibious experience

       Geoffrey Till

      Chapter 11 British Special Forces operations behind enemy lines

       Julian Thompson

      Chapter 12 Partisans and guerrillas

       Malcolm Mackintosh

      Chapter 13 The experience of being abroad: doughboys and GIs in Europe

       James J. Cooke

      Chapter 14 German soldiers in victory, 1914 and 1940

       Benjamin Ziemann and Klaus Latzel

      Chapter 15 The experience of defeat: Kut (1916) and Singapore (1942)

       Robin Neillands

      Chapter 16 The experience of killing

       Joanna Bourke

      Chapter 17 The experience of captivity: British and Commonwealth prisoners in Germany

       Peter H. Liddle and S. P. McKenzie