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Fighting Proud - The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars (Paperback)
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Fighting Proud - The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars (Paperback)
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Loot Price R382
Discovery Miles 3 820
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In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian
Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who
served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the
great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort. Fighting
Proud weaves together the remarkable lives of these men, from RAF
hero Ian Gleed - a Flying Ace twice honoured for bravery by King
George VI - to the infantry officers serving in the trenches on the
Western Front in WWI - many of whom led the charges into
machine-gun fire only to find themselves court-martialled after the
war for indecent behaviour. Behind the lines, Alan Turing's work on
breaking the `enigma machine' and subsequent persecution contrasts
with the many stories of love and courage in Blitzed-out London,
with new wartime diaries and letters unearthed for the first time.
Bourne tells the bitterly sad story of Ivor Novello, who wrote the
WWI anthem `Keep the Home Fires Burning', and the crucial work of
Noel Coward - who was hated by Hitler for his work entertaining the
troops. Fighting Proud also includes a wealth of long-suppressed
wartime photography subsequently ignored by mainstream historians.
This book is a monument to the bravery, sacrifice and honour shown
by a persecuted minority, who contributed during Britain's hour of
need.
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