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By Lucy Noakes,Juliette Pattinson

ISBN-10: 1441142266

ISBN-13: 9781441142269

ISBN-10: 1441160574

ISBN-13: 9781441160577

Few historic occasions have resonated as a lot in glossy British tradition because the moment global warfare. It has left a wealthy legacy in various media that proceed to draw a large viewers: movie, television and radio, images and the visible arts, journalism and propaganda, structure, museums, track and literature. the iconic presence of the struggle within the public international is echoed in its ongoing centrality in lots of own and relations stories, with tales of the second one global battle being mentioned throughout the generations. This assortment brings jointly contemporary historic paintings at the cultural reminiscence of the battle, analyzing its presence in relatives tales, in well known and fabric tradition and in acts of commemoration in Britain among 1945 and the present.

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