Kent And Sussex 1940
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Author | : Stuart Hylton |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2004-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1844150844 |
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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 | : Clifford Mewett |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2018-03-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473855608 |
Download Sussex at War, 1939–45 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
From the Dunkirk evacuation, Sussex became a front-line County and a likely invasion area if the German's launched their feared attack.This book takes an in depth look at the fortification of the County, the plight of the evacuees who were hurriedly moved from London to escape the threat of the capital being bombed and who were re-evacuated when German air attacks caused much damage and loss of life. The Luftwaffe's tip and run raids were particularly feared.Many thousands of Canadian troops were stationed in Sussex, from where they launched the disastrous raid on Dieppe. Sussex was also heavily involved in the build up to D Day and suffering badly from the much feared Doodlebugs, Hitler's revenge weapon.When victory was secured in 1945 Sussex celebrated as Prisoners of War came home and soldiers, sailors and airmen were demobbed.Sussex at War 1939–1945 also looks at the role played by the civilian population, voluntary organisations and the spirit of defiance which swept the County.If you are interested in wartime Sussex history, local history of the second world war or Britain's war effort and life on the home front, then this is the book for you.
Author | : Hilda Kean |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2017-03-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022631832X |
Download The Great Cat and Dog Massacre Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In 1939, 400,000 cats and dogs were massacred in Britain, their corpses heaped up outside veterinarians offices. Fear of the imminent German blitz led the government to urge pet owners to spare their animal companions so that they would not suffer in the bombing raids. Hilda Kean s gripping narrative of this little-known event includes tales of smuggling pets into bomb shelters, trading bits of cat food on the black market, and preemptively killing thousands of pets at the start of the war to save the food supplies in England. Kean is able to show vividly how pets were an important part of British wartime experience. She pays close attention to animals, both symbolic and actual, arguing that after the pet massacre, human-animal bonds became stronger and closer. In the process of telling this history, Kean necessary complicates the picture of World War II as the good war fought by a nation of good, animal-loving people. Her close use of primary materials (diaries, personal sources, contemporary newspapers, collective public reports on daily life, etc.) gives palpable reality to the animals and their fate at this time. This forgotten aspect of Britain s history makes us rethink accepted accounts of the War and shows the ways in which animal and human histories are inextricably linked. We are also constrained to rethink our assumptions about ourselves and the animals with whom we share our homes."
Author | : John E. Goodwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Sussex (England) |
ISBN | : 9781906008796 |
Download Defending Sussex Beaches 1940-42 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Download Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : United States |
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Download Census of Population, 1950 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1952 |
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Download Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States: 1950 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 702 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : Arkansas |
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Download Drainage of Agricultural Lands Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Census |
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Download Census of Population: 1950: Characteristics of the population Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Richard Wyndham |
Publisher | : Batsford Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2019-12-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1849946019 |
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A remarkable and eccentric insight into the south east of England in the pre-war period. Richard Wyndham's 'last look round' was a tour taken immediately before the Second World War in 1939 and was originally published in the following year as South-Eastern Survey. Wyndham is a very agreeable companion as he travels in his self-confessed 'haphazard' way around the counties of Sussex, Kent and Surrey. Often eccentric but always good fun, he drives 'for the most part on side roads only, and through villages and lesser towns.' A selection of Wyndham's own black and white photographs taken on his expedition are included. Sussex, Kent and Surrey 1939 is a wonderful insight into south east of England before the outbreak of the Second World War, which brought so much change to the country. Wyndham is a superb travel companion who completed the writing as he was called up for active service.