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Birmingham At War 1939 45
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Author : Julie Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-04-30
Birmingham At War 1939 45 written by Julie Phillips and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-30 with History categories.
Barely 17 years after the Great War that had brought Britain to its knees, the country was once again asked to make sacrifices and give their all to the war effort. With its strong industrial background, Birmingham was already geared to help manufacture the vehicles that could be adapted for war use, and with the threat of the German Luftwaffe screaming across the skies, it was only right that the production of planes, most notably the spitfire, was ramped up to help protect the British public.While many of its men and women were involved in the forces abroad, many more stayed behind to defend the city, with inhabitants risking their lives by taking up fire hoses, first aid kits, manning antiaircraft guns and positioning barrage balloons in order to save others from the devastating destruction of the Blitz. Meanwhile, the city's children were separated from their families to escape the worst of the bombing and would return from their adventures changed: not all host evacuee families were as kind or as welcoming to their charges as it would appear.Yet not everyone was so patriotic and keen to do their bit, and the opportunity for crime and to fiddle the rations with black market goods was rife. Not even Government issue equipment was off limits, as one Birmingham gang of sandbag thieves demonstrated.For Birmingham, the Second World War was a time of great hardship and sacrifice and the hard work continued for many years after, as its people painstakingly rebuilt parts of the bomb-damaged city.
Birmingham At War 1939 45
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Author : Julie Phillips (Historian)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Birmingham At War 1939 45 written by Julie Phillips (Historian) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Birmingham (England) categories.
Birmingham At War
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Birmingham At War written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Birmingham (England) categories.
Birmingham At War
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Author : Alton Douglas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Birmingham At War written by Alton Douglas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Birmingham (England) categories.
A collection of black and white photographs, mainly drawn from the archives of the Birmingham Mail, illustrating aspects of Birmingham during World War II.
Great War Britain Birmingham Remembering 1914 18
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Author : Sian Roberts
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-09-01
Great War Britain Birmingham Remembering 1914 18 written by Sian Roberts and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with History categories.
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Birmingham offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the Â'war to end all warsÂ'. 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 city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Birmingham is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of the Library of Birmingham.
Birmingham In The Great War Mobilisation And Recruitment
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Author : Terry Carter
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-10-30
Birmingham In The Great War Mobilisation And Recruitment written by Terry Carter and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-30 with History categories.
How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Birmingham were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. Birmingham’s part in the Great War is well documented from the production of Rifles and Lewis Guns at the B.S.A. to the mind boggling 25 million rifle cartridges produced weekly at Kynochs. Airplanes, tanks, armored cars, military trucks, shell fuses, shell cases, Mills bombs and hundreds of other intricate parts needed to make military hardware. “The country, the empire and the world owe to the skill, the ingenuity, the industry and the resource of Birmingham a deep debt of gratitude,” to quote Prime Minister Lloyd George and former Minister of Munitions. But that is only part of the story. Around 150,000 Birmingham men enlisted and sadly approximately 14,000 did not return. No story of Birmingham’s war effort can be told without mentioning the wives, moms, sisters and girlfriends who toiled away night and day working in munitions. Four years of local war time newspapers have been trawled through unearthing personal experiences of Brummagem folk in the Great War.
Birmingham In The First World War
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Author : John Philip Lethbridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Birmingham In The First World War written by John Philip Lethbridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Birmingham Pals
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Author : Terry Carter
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2012-02-29
Birmingham Pals written by Terry Carter and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with History categories.
In the summer of 1914, our finest young men flocked to the colors in Northern towns and cities to answer Lord Kitcheners Call to Arms in a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm and patriotism. The Call appealed to their sense of adventure and offered an escape from the humdrum life of office, factory and mill.The new recruits volunteered with brothers, cousins, friends and work mates. The newly formed units became the focus of local civic pride and soon became known as the Pals. The City of Birmingham formed three such battalions with over 3,000 local volunteers. This book tells their story.Birmingham Pals is a story that covers the full range of human experience in war—the highest courage and bravery, the misery and tedium of trench life, the exhilaration, terror and slaughter involved in going over the top. Above all, it is a story of interest to people of all backgrounds and ages, as a tale of comradeship, which, for many survivors, was to last a life time.
Birmingham
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Author : Douglas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-04-01
Birmingham written by Douglas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-01 with categories.
Designated Targets
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Author : John Birmingham
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-12-06
Designated Targets written by John Birmingham and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-06 with Fiction categories.
The Second World War was turned on its head at the moment Admiral Kolhammer’s ultra-modern stealth warships were hurled back through time from 2021. But no one could have predicted just how much of a nightmare would ensue . . . Only months after the Transition, the great powers scramble to develop the weapons of tomorrow. The year 1942 is now a world of crude jet fighters, monstrous attack helicopters, and unholy dirty bombs — a mongrel technology, born decades prematurely. Then, in a radical rewriting of history, Japanese forces sweep into Australia, foreign agents begin a campaign of terror in the USA, and Germany prepares for an all-out attack on Britain. The twenty-first-century forces must resort to the most extreme measures yet and face a future rife with possibilities — all of them apocalyptic . . . Picking up from where he left off with Weapons of Choice, John Birmingham shocks and awes us with this gripping second instalment in the Axis of Time trilogy.