At the outbreak of World War II, Bath was considered to be relatively safe from enemy attack. Yet, in April 1942, nearly 500 of the city's inhabitants were killed in a Luftwaffe bombing raid. This book looks at life in Bath during World War II.
Yet, in April 1942, nearly 500 of the city's inhabitants were killed in a Luftwaffe bombing raid. This book looks at life in Bath during World War II.
platby YOUR TOWNS & CITIES IN WORLD WAR TWO PEN & SWORD MILITARY BOOKS Floon FROME AT WAR 1939-1945 is a comprehensive ... set in early nineteenth - century Bath , and has also co - written in this same series , Bath at War 1939-1945 .
R.V. Jones' personal account of his key role in what Churchill called "The Wizard War" with British Scientific Intelligence from 1939 to 1945.
This work creates a picture of a society rushing headlong to self-destruction and taking a large part of Europe with it.
These included Sergeant E. Lloyd, Lance Corporals H. Adams and F. Collier, and Privates W. Button, A. Edwards, W. Oakes and W. Snell. The 5th Dorsets had been disbanded after the armistice but re-formed, under the command of Colonel Sir ...
Bath – City of Bath Council and Committee Minutes, 1939–1945. Bath Record Office CP31. Bath Corporate Property Committee – War-Time Storage Files. Bath Library & Art Gallery: Directors' Reports 1938–1966. Bath Record Office 16/3/8.
When the United States military targets the island of Okinawa as part of a plan to halt conflicts that are inflicting massive casualties on both sides, B-29 pilot Paul Tibbets accepts a mission with world-changing implications.
Williams, Alan, Bath at War 1939–1945 in Walk Back in Time with the Mayor's Guides: Eight intriguing walks through Bath's history, edited by Myra Barnes. Wills, F.C., letter published in The Rotarian vol. 82, no. 5 (Rotary International ...
Originally published: London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1964.
In this study, author Roy Simmonds examines the wartime output of John Steinbeck, who had achieved wide critical acclaim when The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939. When that...