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General wartime books on Leicestershire.
Books directly relevant to the general activity which took place within Leicester and Leicestershire during the Second World War.
Wartime Leicester

Author: Beazley, B. / Paperback / Cover Price £14.99
Published: 2004 Sutton Publishing Ltd., Gloucestershire.
ISBN 0-7509-3671-1
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Gone, But Not Forgotten

Author: Blackmore, S. / Paperback / Cover Price £9.95
Published: 2004 Woodfield Publishing, West Sussex.
ISBN 1-903953-64-2
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Ours To Defend... Leicestershire's people remember the home front

Author: Carswell, J.; Johnson, R. & Kirrane, S. (eds) / Paperback / Cover Price £1.95
Published: 1989 The Leicester Oral History Archive & The Mantle Oral History Project, Leicester.
ISBN 0-95150-400-2
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At Home and Away

Author: Carswell, J. (ed) / Paperback / Cover Price £3.95
Published: 1995 Coalville Publishing, Leicester.
ISBN 1-87247-935-9
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Birds Eye Wartime Leicestershire 1939-1945

Author: Cartwright, T.C. / Paperback / Cover Price £9.95
Published: 2002 TCC Publications, Leicester.
ISBN 0-9534497-1-8
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Birds Eye Wartime Leicester

Author: Cartwright, T.C. / Paperback / Cover Price £2.50
Published: 1998 TCC Publications, Leicester.
ISBN 0-9534497-0-X
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Leicester at War November 19th 1996: A guided tour of the sites associated with the Second World War

Author: The Living History Unit. / Paperback
Published: 1996 The Living History Unit, Leicester.
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Leicestershire at War in old photograph

Author: Jenkins, R. / Paperback / Cover Price £9.99
Published: 1998 Sutton Publishing Ltd., England.
ISBN 0-75091-809-8
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Leicestershire & Rutland: Within Living Memory

Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Fed. of Women's Institutes / Paperback / Cover Price £8.95
Published: 1994 Countryside Books, Berkshire, England.
ISBN 1-85306-297-9
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Civil Defence In Leicestershire 1935-1945

Author: McDougall, J. / Paperback
Published: 1979 The Author, Leicester.
ISBN -
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 To The Last Round

Author: Ruddy, A.J. / Hardback / Cover Price £16.99
Published: 2007 Breedon Books Publishing Co. Ltd., Derby.
ISBN 978-1-85983-559-3
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Wigston at War

Author: Ward, P. / Paperback / Cover Price £12.99
Published: 2004 The Author, Leicester.
ISBN 0-9547591-0-9
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Useful books with reference to the Home Front within Leicester and Leicestershire during the Second World War.
Battlefields of Leicestershire

Author: Hickman, T. / Paperback / Cover Price £16.99
Published: 2004 Sutton Publishing Ltd., Gloucestershire.
ISBN 0-7509-3658-4
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20th Century Defences in Britain: The East Midlands

Author: Osborne, M. / Paperback / Cover Price £12.50
Published: 2003 Concrete Publications, Lincolnshire.
ISBN 0-9540-3781-2
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Other useful background reading on general activity which took place during the Second World War.
AA Command: Britain's Anti Aircraft Defences of the Second World War

Author: Dobinson, C. / Hardback / Cover Price £25.00
Published: 2001 Methuen Publishing Ltd., London, England.
ISBN 0-413-76540-7
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Fields of Deception: Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War II

Author: Dobinson, C. / Hardback / Cover Price £25.00
Published: 2000 Methuen Publishing Ltd., London, England.
ISBN 0-413-74570-8
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The Blitz Then And Now, Vol.1

Author: Ramsey, W.G. / Hardback / Cover Price £29.95
Published: 1987 Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., England.
ISBN 0-900913-45-2
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The Blitz Then And Now, Vol.2

Author: Ramsey, W.G. / Hardback / Cover Price £44.95
Published: 1988 Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., England.
ISBN 0-900913-54-1
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The Blitz Then And Now, Vol.3

Author: Ramsey, W.G. / Hardback / Cover Price £44.95
Published: 1989 Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., England.
ISBN 0-900913-58-4
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