Since the discovery and widespread use of penicillin in the Second World War there have been enormous changes in surgical and nursing techniques enabling frontline medical teams to save soldiers' lives and alleviate suffering on the battlefield.  Meer

Untold stories of overseas evacuees in their own words  Meer

The mass evacuation of children and new and expectant mothers during the Second World War is well documented. In Blitz Families Penny Starns takes a new look at the children whose parents refused to bow to official pressure and kept their beloved children with them throughout the War.  Meer

From May 1940 the Children’s Overseas Reception Board began to move children to safety abroad to Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand.  Meer

Surviving Tenko  Meer

A revealing new biography of SOE operative Odette Sansom, first female winner of the GC  Meer