On the 80th anniversary of V.E. Day and the end of World War II, we welcome Lucy Noakes, historian of 20th century Britain and an expert on the social and cultural history of the Second World War.
In The People’s Victory, Lucy Noakes mines the Mass Observation archive to present a groundbreaking social history of how Britons at home experienced and celebrated the end of World War II. Much mythologised as a period of mass jubilation, Noakes challenges this narrative, tracing the changing attitudes of a country in in flux and centring the voices, feelings and fears of those at the heart of the People’s War.
Chaired by Dr Martin Farr
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“Drawing on the fabulous Mass Observation Archive, Noakes has written an entirely new social history of the Second World War. The People’s Victory is a moving and engaging account of ordinary people’s everyday experiences, and responses to, one of the most significant moments in twentieth-century British history. It is a compelling read.” – Professor Emerita Penny Summerfield
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