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Author : Andrew Rootes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780785548638
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book Front Line County - Kent at War written by Andrew Rootes and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Rootes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book Front Line County written by Andrew Rootes and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clive Holden
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445655195
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kent Britain's Frontline County written by Clive Holden and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating insight into Kent's long and distinguished military defence heritage.
Author : Michael Foley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750953314
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)
Download or read book Front-Line Kent written by Michael Foley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kent has been on England's first line of defence. In all major conflicts many people in the county have lived closer to the enemy in Europe than they did to London. Much of the county's coastline has been the site of training and weapon development, which adds to the interest of military sites in this area. Michael Foley's new book delves into the long history of military Kent, from Roman forts to Martello towers, built to keep Napoleon out, from the ambitious Royal Military Canal, which cost an equivalent of GBP10 million in today's money but was abandoned after seventy years, to wartime airfields and underground Cold War installations. Illustrated with a wide range of photographs, maps, drawings, engravings and paintings, Front-Line Kent also includes location and access details for the sites that are illustrated and described. This lively and informative book will appeal to anyone interested in Kent's history, whether or not a military specialist.
Author : Mark Khan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473845165
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kent at War, 1939–1945 written by Mark Khan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from Blitz on Kent, all aspects of life during the Second World War were experienced during in this embattled county. From the onset of the war Kent became a key part in the front line defence of Britain. Defences were built, and the Home Guard formed.With the threat of invasion receding, the county took part in the great offensive against Nazi Germany. Preparations and training took place that lead to the D-Day invasion in June 1944 and ultimate victory in 1945. This book will tell the story of the story of the County from the very beginning of the war to the end and afterwards, both from civil and military perspectives.Subjects covered are: Invasion defences, Home Guard, Dunkirk, life during wartime, D-Day, German Prisoners of War, the Americans in Kent, The Royal Navy, people and life during wartime, The RAF, soldiers in Kent regiments, training, individual studies, the military on the move: Bren Carriers, Churchill tanks, Covenanter tanks, artillery, Matilda tanks, Valentine tanks, motor bikes, lorries, lease-lend Vehicles, weapons, women in wartime Kent, VE Day and post-war Kent the legacy of the war.
Author : John Conen
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803134097
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Bombing of London 1940-41: The Blitz and its impact on the capital written by John Conen and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-01-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise and balanced view of what is known as the Blitz on London. The title emphasizes bombing over blitz and recognises that the meaning of ‘the Blitz’ has now acquired other general connotations and is often equated to ‘Britain in wartime’ or the spirit of carrying on.
Author : Tanya Wynn
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473887429
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kent at War 1939–45 written by Tanya Wynn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive account of the southern English county during WWII covers everything from the Dunkirk evacuations to the Battle of Britain and more. Located along the English Channel, the southeastern county of Kent played a significant role in the Second World War. This volume covers Kent’s many contributions—both civilian and military—throughout the conflict. The chronicle details how the Dover Patrol kept Allied shipping safe in the English Channel, as well as the preparation and aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuations of May 1940, with all of the vessels leaving from and returning to Kent ports and harbors. Kent’s numerous airfields were of vital importance during the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940. The Richborough camp, set up in 1939 at the old First World War Kitchener barracks, provided safe haven to thousands of German and Austrian Jewish refugees. This book includes never before published letters written to one of the camps residents during his stay there. Historian Tanya Wynn also discusses the county's military hospitals and pow camps, it’s Victorian Cross and George Medal winners, and the restricted areas that adorned the coast as the people of Kent battened down the hatches, knowing that they were the very first line of defense in case of a German invasion.
Author : Stuart Hylton
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844150844
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kent and Sussex 1940 written by Stuart Hylton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-09-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1940, Britain's front line against the German armies was the coast of Kent and Sussex. Across the Channel, Hitler's forces gathered, preparing for invasion, as the Home Forces struggled desperately to recover from the disaster and miracle of Dunkirk. Occupation of these islands was nearer than for almost nine hundred years. Kent and Sussex 1940, tells the story of the communities that found themselves in the front line, placing their experience within the context of huge historic events.
Author : Clive Holden
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445680742
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kent at War written by Clive Holden and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book documents the impact of the First World War on the people of Kent, using a selection of primary sources and contemporary photographs.
Author : Dilip Sarkar
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399057936
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book Battle of Britain Attack of the Eagles written by Dilip Sarkar and published by Air World. This book was released on 2024-07-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unprecedented series exploring the big story of the Battle of Britain, renowned historian Dilip Sarkar investigates the wider context and intimate details of the epic aerial conflict in the summer of 1940 from all sides. In so doing, he gives due acknowledgement to the roles of Bomber and Coastal Commands in addition to the fabled Few of Fighter Command. This unique narrative draws upon a lifetime of research, the author having enjoyed a long relationship with survivors and the relatives of casualties; his innumerable interviews and first-hand accounts collated, in addition to privileged access to personal papers, providing essential human interest to this inspirational story. In this the third volume, Battle of Britain: Attack of the Eagles, Dilip continues to examine the fighting on a day-by-day, combat-by-combat basis between 13 and 18 August 1940. This period began on ‘Eagle Day’ and the start of the Luftwaffe’s ‘Eagle Attack’ on Fighter Command. This period of intense fighting saw the defeat of the much-vaunted Stuka dive-bomber and the great attack on north-east England on 15 August 1940. It was during the aerial combats the following day that Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson’s Victoria Cross winning action took place over Southampton. All of these actions, and many others, are critically analyzed. Through diligent research, combined with crucial official primary sources and personal papers, Dilip unravels many myths, often challenging the accepted narrative. This is not simply another dull record of combat losses and claims – far from it. Drawing upon unique first-hand accounts from a wide-range of combatants and eyewitnesses, along with Daily Home Intelligence Reports and numerous other primary sources, this book forms part of what is likely to be the first and last such comprehensively woven account of this epic air battle.
