Physical description

Paperback book with a black and white image of three nurses happily walking arm in arm. The title appears in white print, the author and sub title are printed in black.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'PROPERTY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH RSL' [Stamped in red ink across the block edges of the book]
'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [Stamped in red ink on the first two pages]
'Brenda McBryde' [Handsigned in black ink on the title page]

Summary

The inevitability of war -- Mobilisation -- Dunkirk -- Britain alone -- The suez canal under threat -- The tragedy of Greece -- The siege of Malta -- Gibraltar -- Nurses on the home front -- War with Japan -- Hong Kong after the surrender -- The fall of Singapore -- Shipwreck and capture -- 1942 . . . Darkest before the Dawn -- El Alamein and after -- The Miracle of Penicillin -- Into Italy -- The battle of Mount Cassino -- Prelude to overlord -- The second front -- The collapse of the third reich -- The ultimate decision -- Internment: Bankinang and palembang -- Freedom. [Contents note from Trove]