The war around us

Object details

Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: BECKETT, NORMAN (Author)
Staffordshire Sentinel Newspapers (Publisher)
Production date: 1978
Place made: Stoke
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 29cm., Pagination: iv, 121p. ill., ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 79 / 2199

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