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1940 April: Family and Friends

1940 October – November: At School

1941 Sept – December: War in Cornwall and Russia

1942 June – July: War Games

1942 August – September: Home Front

Retrospect (last 2 pages)

Contents

Introduction

The origins of the diary

Family background

My childhood

Political influences

The world in the 1930s

The world at the start of 1940

Chapter 2: 1940

World events: 1940

Diary for 1940

Chapter 3: 1941

World events: 1941

Diary for 1941

Chapter 4: 1942

World events: 1942

Diary for 1942

Chapter 5: 1943—1944

World events: January 1943—February 1944

Diary for 1943

Diary for 1944

Chapter 6: Retrospect