{"product_id":"wartime-industry-book-neil-r-storey-9781784425029","title":"Wartime Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nation’s wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the Second World War (1939–45), Britain stretched every sinew of its industrial might to fend off a Nazi invasion. As the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it harnessed, coordinated and maximised its resources, firstly to defend itself and then to help liberate Axis-occupied countries. \u003ci\u003eWartime Industry\u003c\/i\u003e uses informative text and beautiful illustrations to show how the men and women of Britain met this unprecedented demand for military and home-front materials. It explores the work of Lord Beaverbrook’s highly organised Ministry of Aircraft Production; the ‘Shadow Factories’ that enabled manufacturers such as Vauxhall and Rootes to make tanks and aircraft; the Royal Ordnance Factories that produced firearms and explosives; the ‘Bevin Boys’ conscripted to work in the coal mines; the Women’s Timber Corps; and war workers – who, together, helped the nation to make it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49574032802065,"sku":"GOR012959796","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49740352389393,"sku":"NGR9781784425029","price":23.59,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53363609239825,"sku":"GOR014879034","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784425028.jpg?v=1751090973","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/wartime-industry-book-neil-r-storey-9781784425029","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}