Great War Britain Middlesbrough

Author : Paul Menzies
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750957808
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great War Britain Middlesbrough written by Paul Menzies and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I claimed more than 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Middlesbrough offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the "war to end all wars." A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the town and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The World War I story of Middlesbrough is told through the voices of those who were there, and is vividly illustrated through evocative images.

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : London : Selwyn and Blount
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Railways and the Great War written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by London : Selwyn and Blount. This book was released on 1921 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Craig Armstrong
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526704781
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middlesbrough at War 1939–45 written by Craig Armstrong and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middlesbrough was of vital importance to Britain’s war effort. The town, and its surrounding area, contained a number of vital industries including shipbuilding, chemicals, iron, steel and other metals, and engineering, as well as a joinery firm that played a leading role in the wartime aviation industry. The ICI plant at nearby Billingham also played a leading role in the creation of petrochemicals and explosives. As with many communities, the start of the war saw Middlesbrough faced with hastily having to bring its Air Raid Precautions and civil defense services up to full strength. With its strategic importance it was believed that Middlesbrough would be an obvious target for the Luftwaffe. As a result, schoolchildren and other vulnerable people were evacuated from the town at the very start of the war in a scheme that did not prove entirely successful. Middlesbrough became the first built-up urban area in mainland Britain to be bombed. In the event, Middlesbrough was raided periodically throughout the war with the worst coming on the night of 25/26 July 1942, when waves of Luftwaffe bombers dropped almost 30 tons of bombs on the town. The raid killed sixteen people and caused very extensive property damage. Meanwhile, just days later, bombs fell on the town’s railway station as a train was waiting at the platform there. The pictures of the resulting damage were wired around the world.

Author : Craig Armstrong
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 9781526704764
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middlesbrough at War 1939-45 written by Craig Armstrong and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tosh Warwick
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445635089
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River Tees written by Tosh Warwick and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the history and folklore of this iconic river in North East England

Author : J. Winter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230506240
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great War and the British People written by J. Winter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the classic bestseller by J.M. Winter, originally published by Macmillan in 1985, includes a new and up-to-date introduction. This was the first major study to highlight the paradox that a conflict that killed or maimed over two million men, also created conditions which improved the health of the civilian population. Examining both the war and its aftermath, Dr Winter surveys not only trends in population and the impact of the conflict on an entire generation, but also, more profoundly, the meaning of the literature of the period.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1586 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1586 pages
Book Rating : 4.7G/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1881/1900-. written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Simkins
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473815797
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kitchener's Army written by Peter Simkins and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener. How did Britain succeed in creating a mass army, almost from scratch, in the middle of a major war ? What compelled so many men to volunteer ' and what happened to them once they had taken the King's shilling ? Peter Simkins describes how Kitchener's New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and social effects of the recruiting campaign. He examines the experiences and impressions of the officers and men who made up the New Armies. As well as analysing their motives for enlisting, he explores how they were fed, housed, equipped and trained before they set off for active service abroad. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ranging from government papers to the diaries and letters of individual soldiers, he questions long-held assumptions about the 'rush to the colours' and the nature of patriotism in 1914. The book will be of interest not only to those studying social, political and economic history, but also to general readers who wish to know more about the story of Britain's citizen soldiers in the Great War.