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The role of birds in the Second World War : how ornithology helped win the war / Nicholas Milton ; foreword by Chris Packham CBE.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, Nicholas (Military historian), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ornithology--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Ornithology.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Environmental aspects--Great Britain.
- Social aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 206 pages, 16 pages of unumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Pen & Sword History, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Bluebirds, Nightingales and Black Redstarts
- ch. 2 Spitfires, Tawny Pipits and Ring Ouzels
- ch. 3 Convoys, U-boats and Seabirds
- ch. 4 Great Crested Grebes and Mass-Observation
- ch. 5 Pigeons and Peregrines
- ch. 6 Birds Behind Barbed Wire
- ch. 7 Wing to Wing
- ch. 8 Birder Brooke
- ch. 9 Birds, War and Winston
- ch. 10 Victory, Hobbies and Hosking
- ch. 11 Peter Scott, Hunting and Hitler
- ch. 12 Broke, Birds and Camouflage
- ch. 13 Grey Goose, Surrender and Slimbridge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781526794147
- 1526794144
- OCLC:
- 1260819983
- Publisher Number:
- 99991365142
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