A comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in WWII and the conflict's impact on every area of the country and all involved: civilians, factory workers, children (those evacuated to and those from Wales), national and regional politicians, soldiers, pacifists, writers, filmmakers and artists.

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Frontispiece
• Part 1
• The March of War
• Chapter 1
• The build-up
• Chapter 2
• The stage is set:
• 1939–40
• Chapter 3
• Invasion threatens: 1940
• Chapter 4
• A shock wave of
• evacuation: 1940–41
• Chapter 5
• ‘All hands to the wheel’: 1941
• Chapter 6
• Base camp for D-Day
• and beyond: 1942–45
• Part 2
• Close Encounters
• Introduction
• Community relations
• Chapter 7
• Lucky escapes:
• the north
• Chapter 8
• Trying it out:
• Cardigan Bay
• Chapter 9
• Echoing gunfire:
• the interior
• Chapter 10
• Multi-purposed:
• the south
• Part 3
• Combatants
• Chapter 11
• Soldiers
• Chapter 12
• Pacifists
• Part 4
• Carrying On
• Introduction
• Chapter 13
• Community life
• Chapter 14
• Mass media
• and popular culture
• Chapter 15
• Writers and artists
• responding to war
• Chapter 16
• The war’s legacy
• Conclusion
• Endnotes
• Selective Bibliography
• and recommendations for
• further reading
• List of museums,
• permanent* exhibitions
• and guided tours
• Gazetteers for regional
• maps in Part 2
• Illustrations