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Blackpool at War

Author : John Ellis
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750951761
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool at War written by John Ellis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it escaped bombing raids, Blackpool played an important role in the Second World War as a centre for training — with numerous airfields and factories surrounding the area. This book is the first to offer a dedicated history of the town in the period. It includes many interesting stories such as the people’s playground, the Freckleton Air Disaster and an event-by-event account of activities. Despite being less affected than some other areas, the difficult war years still impacted on local people. Filled with true tales of local courage and of the spirit of the people of Blackpool during these tumultuous years, this nostalgic volume will be of interest to all who know and love Blackpool.

Blackpool at War

Author : John Ellis
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750951761
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool at War written by John Ellis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it escaped bombing raids, Blackpool played an important role in the Second World War as a centre for training — with numerous airfields and factories surrounding the area. This book is the first to offer a dedicated history of the town in the period. It includes many interesting stories such as the people's playground, the Freckleton Air Disaster and an event-by-event account of activities. Despite being less affected than some other areas, the difficult war years still impacted on local people. Filled with true tales of local courage and of the spirit of the people of Blackpool during these tumultuous years, this nostalgic volume will be of interest to all who know and love Blackpool.

Blackpool To The Front

Author : Mark Cronin
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848898363
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool To The Front written by Mark Cronin and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Blackpool to the Front!' was a rallying cry first heard at the Battle of Étreux in August 1914 when the Royal Munster Fusiliers halted an entire German Army Corps. The experience of the hundreds who enlisted from the industrial Cork suburb of Blackpool mirrors the experience of the 200,000 Irishmen who joined up. At least sixty-nine Blackpool men made the ultimate sacrifice: factory workers, sons, husbands and fathers. Some enlisted to escape poverty, some to defend 'the rights of small nations'. They fought in France, Flanders, Gallipoli, Palestine and on the high seas. This is their story.

Blackpool in 50 Buildings

Author : Allan W. Wood
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445699397
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool in 50 Buildings written by Allan W. Wood and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the rich history of Blackpool in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.

Blackpool's Seaside Heritage

Author : Allan Brodie
Publisher : Historic England
ISBN 13 : 1848023278
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool's Seaside Heritage written by Allan Brodie and published by Historic England. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackpool is Britain's favourite seaside resort. Each year millions of visitors come to walk on its three piers, ride donkeys, enjoy shows at the Winter Gardens, scream on the thrilling rides at the Pleasure Beach and ride the lift to the top of the Tower. Generations of holidaymakers have stayed in its hotels, lodging houses and bed and breakfasts and all have succumbed to its delectable fish and chips. Two centuries of tourism has left behind a rich heritage, but Blackpool has also inherited a legacy of social and economic problems, as well as the need for comprehensive new sea defences to protect the heart of the town. In recent years this has led to the transformation of its seafront and to regeneration programmes to try to improve the town, for its visitors and residents. This book celebrates Blackpool's rich heritage and examines how its colourful past is playing a key part in guaranteeing that it has a bright future.

Stolen

Author : Jordan Gray
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426864264
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Stolen written by Jordan Gray and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cozy English seaside town built on secrets and smugglers, Blackpool is a haven for tourists and home to generations of locals who like their privacy. American Molly Graham and her British husband, Michael, are considered outsiders, but feel irresistibly drawn to this town…and its darker curiosities. Because Blackpool harbors dangerous mysteries. And murder is just the beginning…. A shattering scream outside the old theater leads to the victim, a woman whose past in Blackpool is linked to a seventy-year-old train wreck, a lost child and a cache of valuable paintings smuggled out of London during World War II. After a number of frustrating missteps, can Molly and Michael discover the killer in their midst? In Blackpool they know secrets run deep. And some want them hidden forever—at any cost.

War and Progress

Author : Peter Dewey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317900138
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book War and Progress written by Peter Dewey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of how the daily lives of ordinary peoples were changed, profoundly and permanently, by these three momentous decades 1914-1945. Often depicted in negative terms Peter Dewey finds a much more positive pattern in the wealth of evidence he lays before us. His is a story of economic achievement, and the emergence of a new sense of social community in the nation, rather than a saga of disenchantment and decline.

Blackpool Rocked

Author : John Ludden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool Rocked written by John Ludden and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 1940. As the Germans stand ready to invade, Blackpool parties on like the end of the world is at hand. Anything goes. A Babylon by the sea. Amongst the madness, the debauchery and the drunkenness, a serial killer looms large. It is down to two men, chief Inspector Sidney Appleton and Detective Harry Carter to keep the peace and find the murderer. So, a tale of intrigue, espionage and treachery explodes. One that leads us into a darkness hard to imagine. Where there is no good or bad. Just a desperation to survive. An era when so many young people were not blessed with the privilege of old age. Where once upon a time Blackpool rocked, and the fate of World War two was ultimately decided by a Father's love.BLACKPOOL ROCKED is an ambitious two-part screenplay, drama podcast-adaptation, here in its full [email protected]@johnludds

Burke's Handbook to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Author : A. Winton Thorpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Burke's Handbook to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire written by A. Winton Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

War in the Wilderness

Author : Tony Redding
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750956550
Total Pages : 681 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book War in the Wilderness written by Tony Redding and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War in the Wilderness is the most comprehensive account ever published of the human aspects of the Chindit war in Burma. The word ‘Chindit’ will always have a special resonance in military circles. Every Chindit endured what is widely regarded as the toughest sustained Allied combat experience of the Second World War. The Chindit expeditions behind Japanese lines in occupied Burma 1943–1944 transformed the morale of British forces after the crushing defeats of 1942. The Chindits provided the springboard for the Allies’ later offensives. The two expeditions extended the boundaries of human endurance. The Chindits suffered slow starvation and exposure to dysentery, malaria, typhus and a catalogue of other diseases. They endured the intense mental strain of living and fighting under the jungle canopy, with the ever-present threat of ambush or simply ‘bumping’ the enemy. Every Chindit carried his kit and weapons (equivalent to two heavy suitcases) in the tropical heat and humidity. A disabling wound or sickness frequently meant a lonely death. Those who could no longer march were often left behind with virtually no hope of survival. Some severely wounded were shot or given a lethal dose of morphia to ensure they would not be captured alive by the Japanese. Fifty veterans of the Chindit expeditions kindly gave interviews for this book. Many remarked on the self-reliance that sprang from living and fighting as a Chindit. Whatever happened to them after their experiences in Burma, they knew that nothing else would ever be as bad. There are first-hand accounts of the bitter and costly battles and the final, wasteful weeks, when men were forced to continue fighting long after their health and strength had collapsed. War in the Wilderness continues the story as the survivors returned to civilian life. They remained Chindits for the rest of their days, members of a brotherhood forged in extreme adversity.

Blackpool Tower A History

Author : Peter Walton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445645181
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Blackpool Tower A History written by Peter Walton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of Victorian entrepreneurship that led to the construction of one of Britain's most recognisable landscapes.

The Builder

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aeronautics

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aeronautics written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Commander in Chief

Author : Eric Larrabee
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682471748
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Commander in Chief written by Eric Larrabee and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few American presidents have exercised their constitutional authority as commander in chief with more determination than Franklin D. Roosevelt. He intervened in military operations more often and to better effect than his contemporaries Churchill and Stalin, and maneuvered events so that the Grand Alliance was directed from Washington. In this expansive history, Eric Larrabee examines the extent and importance of FDR's wartime leadership through his key military leaders—Marshall, King, Arnold, MacArthur, Vandergrift, Nimitz, Eisenhower, Stilwell, and LeMay. Devoting a chapter to each man, the author studies Roosevelt's impact on their personalities, their battles (sometimes with each other), and the consequences of their decisions. He also addresses such critical subjects as Roosevelt's responsibility for the war and how well it achieved his goals. First published in 1987, this comprehensive portrait of the titans of the American military effort in World War II is available in a new paperback edition for the first time in sixteen years.

Commanding Lincoln's Navy

Author : Stephen Taaffe
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612515177
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Commanding Lincoln's Navy written by Stephen Taaffe and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Union Navy played a vital role in winning the Civil War by blockading Confederate ports, cooperating with the Union Army in amphibious assaults, and operating on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. To wage this multifaceted war, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles divided the Union Navy into six squadrons. The book examines who Welles assigned to squadron command and why he appointed these officers. Taaffe argues that President Abraham Lincoln gave Welles considerable latitude in picking squadron commanders. Lincoln not only trusted Welles's judgment, but he also understood that the Navy was not as important to the Union war effort militarily and politically as the Army, so there was less of a need for him to oversee closely its operations. Welles used this authority to make appointments to squadron command based on several criteria. Welles factored into his mental calculations seniority, availability, and political connections, but he was most interested in an officer's record, character, and abilities. Although some of Welles's earliest selections left something to be desired, his insight improved markedly as the war continued and he gained a greater understanding of the Navy and its officer corps. Indeed, by the end of the conflict, Welles had become quite ruthless in his search for effective squadron commanders capable of filling the Navy's increasingly difficult missions. In doing so, he contributed greatly to Union victory in the Civil War. The book covers some of the Civil War's most important campaigns and battles, such as the Union assaults on New Orleans, Charleston, Mobile Bay, and Fort Fisher, and the fighting on the Mississippi River.

Brighton at War 1939–45

Author : Douglas d’Enno
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1473885957
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Brighton at War 1939–45 written by Douglas d’Enno and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before war was declared on 3 September 1939, Brighton had steadily and carefully prepared for the coming conflict by building shelters, organising defence and rescue services, and providing the population with advice of its own or from government sources. These precautions stood the town in good stead when the first bombs fell on it in mid-1940 and during the many subsequent attacks. The resort did not, admittedly, suffer as grievously as some others on the South Coast, yet civilian casualties totalled nearly 1,000, of whom over 200 were killed, 357 were seriously injured and 433 slightly injured. This is not the first book to reveal the toll of the bombs locally, but it is the first to describe, in parallel, day-to-day events and societal responses during the nearly six years of conflict. As elsewhere, restrictions often made life arduous for residents. Yet despite the hardship, the town’s citizens even marshalled sufficient resources to ‘adopt’ two battleships and generously saved towards assisting with other wartime causes, such as help to our ally, Russia. The hospitality trade and resort-related services suffered greatly during the periods when the defence ban on entering the town was enforced. In many respects, however, life went on largely as before, particularly in the spheres of entertainment, leisure and some sports. Douglas d’Enno, an authority on the history of Brighton and environs, shows in meticulous detail, in absorbing text and numerous pictures, how life in wartime Brighton was a struggle for many, but never dull.

Britain's Jews in the First World War

Author : Paula Kitching
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144566321X
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Britain's Jews in the First World War written by Paula Kitching and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the Jewish community, of its individuals and its groups, who contributed to the First World War.