An illustrated introduction into industrial life in Britain, as the
nation geared up to meet the wartime demand for munitions, armor,
shipping, uniforms and aircraft.
In 1939 Britain was pitched into a war on the Continent for which it was
ill-prepared, starting the fight against the Nazis on the back foot. As
the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it desperately needed to
turn all of its industrial might firstly to defending itself and then to
expelling Axis troops from occupied countries. Peacetime factories such
as car plants were turned to aircraft and tank production; the railway
network was timetabled around military needs; and women were brought in
to work in factories and shipyards, to fell timber and to bring in the
crops. This beautifully illustrated book shows how every aspect of
industrial life was coordinated to equip the fight for victory, and how
Britain made it.