Wartime Industry

NEIL R STOREY

The war machine is only as effective as the industry that powers it, and that requires raw materials and manpower, as Neil’s slender, but colourful, volume explains. By 1943 Britain was running out of coal, thanks to lack of miners, resulting in one in 10 Army recruits getting sent down the mines as part of the Bevin’s Boys conscripts. The book also looks at the Women’s Land Army, shipyards, munitions and good being produced. ■

• Shire Publications

• ISBN 978-1-7844-2502-9

• 66 pages • Softcover • £8.99