Norwich in the Second World War
- 154pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Previously untold stories and unpublished photographs of Norwich in wartime
Neil R. Storey Livres
Neil R. Storey est un historien et conférencier professionnel spécialisé dans l'étude de l'impact de la guerre sur la société britannique au cours de la première moitié du 20e siècle. Son travail examine comment les conflits militaires ont façonné la société britannique à travers cette période mouvementée. Les analyses de Storey se penchent sur les ramifications sociales, culturelles et politiques de ces événements. Son approche offre aux lecteurs une compréhension plus approfondie des forces historiques qui ont influencé la vie des gens.
Reveals the extensive planning and detailed measures taken to defeat the expected Nazi invasion.
A selection of photographs that illustrates the transformation that has taken place in Norwich during the 20th century. It offers insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of change. It records the process of transformation.
The military photographs in family albums stand out as different and distinctive and the sight of an ancestor in uniform stirs thoughts of what he or she did and where they served.
The Second World War was fought not only in the skies above Kent, but also in the streets and front rooms of the nation. Air Raid Wardens, Land Girls and members of the WI formed just a part of the Home Front that would help bring Britain victory.
Tells the Home Guard's story, using original training manuals, photographs, and memoirs, and covers various aspects of their history.
Neil Storey's research sheds new light on wartime homicides and reveals a compelling case to finally identify the Colne Strangler after 80 years of the Lancashire murder remaining unsolved.
An account of conditions on the Home Front in Newcastle and Tyneside during the Second World War. Featuring previously unpublished photographs and first hand accounts, it tells the moving story of survival and struggle during this devastating conflict.
Covers the impact of WW2 on the whole coastline of mainland Britain.
Wartime Industry
- 64pages
- 3 heures de lecture
An illustrated introduction into industrial life in Britain, as the nation geared up to meet the wartime demand for munitions, armor , shipping, uniforms and aircraft.In 1939 Britain was pitched into a war on the Continent for which it was ill-prepared, starting the fight against the Nazis on the back foot. As the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it desperately needed to turn all of its industrial might firstly to defending itself and then to expelling Axis troops from occupied countries. Peacetime factories such as car plants were turned to aircraft and tank production; the railway network was timetabled around military needs; and women were brought in to work in factories and shipyards, to fell timber and to bring in the crops. This beautifully illustrated book shows how every aspect of industrial life was coordinated to equip the fight for victory, and how Britain made it.