Talk:The Machine Gunners

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Wouldn't it be useful to mention when the book was first published? I agree.And explane in more detial about the story!!!!

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1940 or 1941
We say this story is set during the Battle of Britain, whose article specifies July to October 1940.

We say that the sequel Fathom Five is set in 1943, two years later (we say in both book articles).

Is this story explicitly set in 1941? Does the author fictionally extend the Battle of Britain or use the term loosely? Or do we say "two years" loosely?

--P64 (talk) 20:39, 5 September 2012 (UTC)


 * A review at readingmatters.co.uk says "Chas McGill is about thirteen in 1940". Google books also places this in 1940. I am uncertain of the facts but I have specified 1940 in the article (twice), deleted "two years", and External-linked the review. I have not revised Fathom Five. --P64 (talk) 21:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)


 * It's 1941. The date Nicky's father died is given as January 1940. Chas finds the gun that November. The invasion scare is in February.--FergusM1970Let's play Freckles 17:53, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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