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When Wales Went to War, 1939-45 (In Old Photographs)
When Wales Went to War 193945 - In Old Photographs Author:John O'Sullivan Beginning with a vivid account of the blitz in Wales, and ending with more than 50 personal stories from Welsh people who were touch by the conflict at home and abroad, John O'Sullivan's book is a portrait of the principality between 1939 and 1945. O'Sullivan has collected the accounts of those in action overseas and on the Home Front during mor... more »e than 40 years as a journalist in South Wales. His book brings together remarkable accounts of Welsh men and women who served on all the main fronts of the conflict, including: - Arthur Felix Williams from Barry who led a guerrilla army in Burma. The Japanese put a GBP10,000 price on his head. The author interviewed him over a game of bowls in Barry in the 1950s. - The Catholic priest from Newport who helped run the Vatican escape line, which was the inspiration for the film The Scarlet and the Black. The priest was a personal friend of the author. - The seven-year-old schoolgirl who was evacuated from her home in Cardiff after bombs landed in the vicinity. Seven years later she became the youngest recipient of the Albert Medal (later the George Cross) after rescuing scouts from drowning on the Bristol Channel. - The story of the grave in Gwent that some have claimed holds the body of Rudolph Hess. It doesn't, but Hess was briefly imprisoned in Abergavenny and that story is told here. - The Vale of Glamorgan man who changed history by rescuing the future Prime Minister of Rhodesia from a burning plane in the Middle East.« less