The Lifesavers The Trailblazers of the Second World War Who Took Blood into Battle
-
- Hardcover ausgewählt
- Taschenbuch
- eBook
-
Sprache:Englisch
27,99 €
UVP
32,00 €
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.,
Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
25.06.2026
Verlag
VikingSeitenzahl
384
Maße (L/B/H)
24/15,6/2 cm
Gewicht
553 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-241-74407-9
A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it
'War is often described in terms of blood and treasure - The Lifesavers tells the story of the people who saw blood as treasure. A fascinating look behind the scenes in the efforts and innovations made to keep men alive.' Al Murray, host of We Have Ways of Making You Talk
'A story destined to be told. A fascinating history of blood for the front line. Humbling, awe inspiring and life affirming.' Sue Black, author of All That Remains
The Lifesavers were a little-known band of men and women at the forefront of groundbreaking battlefield care in the Second World War.
As part of a new and pioneering service, unconventional and iconoclastic, they pushed and pulled blood from hundreds of thousands of donors into the veins of battle casualties all over the world. Deploying expert teams - officially the smallest units in the British Army - who risked their own lives to reach the wounded and sick, they transformed survival rates with an impact comparable to that of penicillin.
Among them were pre-war GPs, conscientious objectors and a communist doctor who had transfused his first casualty in the Spanish Civil War. Prominent was Gladwin Buttle, a larger-than-life dynamo, who, in North Africa, defied shortages by sending blood into the desert in cleaned-out whisky bottles and sterilizing kit with a broken-down steamroller. Directing was Lionel Whitby - 'the greatest vampire the world has known' he was called in 1945 - whose own life was saved in 1918 by blood transfused on the Somme.
Their skills and innovations saw action in some of the most important battles in recent history, forging lifelines that allies sought to replicate but enemies - to their cost - did not. Some continue to inspire life-saving methods of emergency care today.
Bestselling historian Roderick Bailey follows their trailblazing work from the start of the conflict to its end, from Dunkirk and El Alamein to Normandy and the Burmese jungle. Unearthed from rigorous research among diaries, letters and other first-hand accounts, The Lifesavers - a gripping narrative of the Second World War presented from an entirely new angle - tells the full tale for the first time.
Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden
Verfassen Sie die erste Bewertung zu diesem Artikel
Helfen Sie anderen Kundinnen und Kunden durch Ihre Meinung.
Kurze Frage zu unserer Seite
Vielen Dank für dein Feedback
Wir nutzen dein Feedback, um unsere Produktseiten zu verbessern. Bitte habe Verständnis, dass wir dir keine Rückmeldung geben können. Falls du Kontakt mit uns aufnehmen möchtest, kannst du dich aber gerne an unseren Kund*innenservice wenden.
zum Kundenservice