Nurses at War
by Penny Starns
"Women on the Frontline, 1939-45"
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Nurses at War by Penny Starns
Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Medics
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
Europe
Published Date:
2000
ISBN13:
9780750923873
Description
Based upon a range of oral and written testimonies, this text examines the personal experience of nurses who played a role at the front during World War II in theatres as far apart as Africa, Europe and the Far East. Britain's female military nurses pursued a frontline policy for the first time, believing that their skills would be of most use to the wounded in operational areas. As a result, they suffered the same consequences of war - bombing, torture, imprisonment - as their male counterparts and more than 3000 of their number died as a result of the policy.
