One Woman's War

Name: One Woman's War
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Eileen Younghusband
ISBN: 9781407958941

Author: Eileen Younghusband

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 11/01/2015

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Women

Synopsis

The Second World War is dominated by heroic tales of men defending their country against a formidable enemy, but what about the women who also played their part in fighting for freedom? Eileen Younghusband was just 18 when she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). She quickly demonstrated her keen intellect and mathematical skills, playing a crucial role in Fighter Command's underground Filter Room. Working gruelling shifts under enormous pressure, she and her companions worked tirelessly, tracking the swarms of enemy aircraft that sought to break the British resolve. She even had the dubious honour of detecting the first of Hitler's devastating V2 rockets as it fell on an unsuspecting London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa-Ann

Fabulous, fabulous story. Highly recommend this book......more

Goodreads review by Hilary

Eileen was one of those ordinary people who did extraordinary things to aid the defence of Britain during the dark days of the Second World War, joining the WAAF and working in the early days of radar to track enemy aircraft and calculate their targets. Not only did this bring her into contact with......more

Goodreads review by Beverly

Quite a memoire! Eileen Younghusband can now speak about what she did to help Britain win WWII. After a 30-year restriction on talking about it, she now tells the tale of how she and a few other people who were good at math triangulated where planes were heading into Britain. Radar was rather new th......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

What makes this book uplifting is being able to witness firsthand the blossoming of this woman's talents as she gets steadily more involved in WWII. I loved reading about her experience and understanding just what an extensive and powerful role women played -- not just at home, which has been talked......more