These quick-minded men and women were the ones to find out where the infamous German V-weapons were being constructed, were the first to see the results of the Dambustersa raid and were sworn to utmost secrecy on everything they viewed. Women made up half of this work force and were, unusually, treated as equals with their male counterparts: the best person for the job, regardless of gender. Here the women of Medmenham, the a Women of Intelligencea from Churchilla s daughter to girls escaping home for the first time, tell the story of their wartime life and work a " in their own words.
Winning the Second World War with Air Photos
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/05/2012
An ornate Victorian manor sat in picturesque surroundings overlooking the River Thames at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. Perhaps not the first place that springs to mind when considering the top-secret photographic interpretation that helped secure an Allied victory in the Second World War, but this was the headquarters of the Allied Central Interpretation Unit. It was here that air photography from all over enemy-occupied Europe was pored over by photographic interpreters, who sought out intricate details of enemy activity which then influenced virtually every Allied operation of the war.
These quick-minded men and women were the ones to find out where the infamous German V-weapons were being constructed, were the first to see the results of the Dambustersa raid and were sworn to utmost secrecy on everything they viewed. Women made up half of this work force and were, unusually, treated as equals with their male counterparts: the best person for the job, regardless of gender. Here the women of Medmenham, the a Women of Intelligencea from Churchilla s daughter to girls escaping home for the first time, tell the story of their wartime life and work a " in their own words.
These quick-minded men and women were the ones to find out where the infamous German V-weapons were being constructed, were the first to see the results of the Dambustersa raid and were sworn to utmost secrecy on everything they viewed. Women made up half of this work force and were, unusually, treated as equals with their male counterparts: the best person for the job, regardless of gender. Here the women of Medmenham, the a Women of Intelligencea from Churchilla s daughter to girls escaping home for the first time, tell the story of their wartime life and work a " in their own words.
- ISBN:
- 9780752464770
- 9780752464770
- Category:
- Second World War
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-05-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- The History Press Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x165x10mm
- Weight:
- 0.32kg
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Gender studies: women
Second World War
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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