Nightingales, Bluebirds and Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII

The World Wars of the 20th century caused massive upheavals all over the world. Millions of men from every corner of the globe enlisted in the armed forces to fight, while women took the places of men in the workforce at home. Eighty years later, we still see photographs of Rosie the Riveter and women welding bombers for the Air Force.

What history often overlooks, however, are the extraordinary true-life stories of the brave women from the US, UK, Canada and Australia who enlisted in the Al...