Blitz hospital : true stories of nursing in wartime London / Penny Starns.

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When the Blitz hit London, everything changed. Once, the Home Front was relatively safe -- now it wasn't. Suddenly, London was its own front line. This book follows the fortunes of two major London hospitals as they struggled to cope with mounting wartime casualties: St Thomas' and The London. The d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Starns, Penny (Author)
Language:English
Published: Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Royal London Hospital > History > 20th century.
St. Thomas' Hospital (London, England) > History > 20th century.
London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
St. Thomas' Hospital (London, England)
Royal London Hospital.
World War, 1939-1945 > Hospitals > England > London.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > England > London.
Nurses > England > London > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > History > Bombardment, 1944-1945.
Hospitals > history.
History of Nursing.
World War II.
London.
Hospitals.
Nurses.
Social aspects.
England > London.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
History.
Personal narratives.
Genre:
History.
Personal narratives.
Physical Description:237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Getting ready for war
  • The phoney war
  • The first night of the Blitz
  • Taking to the underground
  • The relentless symphony of war
  • Danger in safety
  • Nursing the enemy
  • The Second Great Fire of London
  • Prolonged air raids
  • Medical advances
  • Nursing in crisis
  • Chaos and controversy
  • The mini blitz
  • Victory
  • Post-war reconstruction.