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Louisa Puller (1884-1963) was a British artist who contributed works to both the Recording Britain scheme and to the War Artists' Advisory Committee during the Second World War. Biography [ edit ]
Louisa Florence Durrell (née Dixie; 16 January 1886 – 24 January 1964), was a British woman born in India during the British Raj. She was the mother of Lawrence and Gerald Durrell . She was featured in Gerald Durrell's autobiographical Corfu trilogy , which tells about the Durrells' years in Corfu from 1935 to 1939 in a somewhat ...
The book is written as a series of vignettes based on interviews with, and the written memoirs of, the people involved, on all sides, in the liberation of Paris.. These include members of the various factions of the French Resistance, and of the Free French Forces and citizens of Paris; members of the American Armed Forces; and members of the occupying German Army.
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. [1] He is considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest poets, as well as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. His use of language, writing style, and verse structure reinvigorated English poetry.
Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies [4] was born in Toronto on December 3, 1949, to Scottish parents [5][6] who had left the United Kingdom for Canada after the war. [7] Her father was a struggling artist. By Menzies' 14th birthday, she had lived in Vancouver, Miami, London, and Southern California. She had a younger sister, Sheila, and an ...
Signature. Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely related to the ruling families of Britain as a great ...
World War II. series. World War II is a series of books published by Time-Life that chronicles the Second World War. Each book focused on a different topic, such as the resistance, spies, the home front but mainly the battles and campaigns of the conflict. [1]
This is a bibliography of works on World War II. The bibliography aims to include primary, secondary and tertiary sources regarding the European theatre of World War II (1939–1945) and the Pacific War (1941–1945). By extension, it includes works regarding the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Additionally, the scope of the ...