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The Story of Sheffield at War 1939 to 1945
Margaret Drinkall
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Description for The Story of Sheffield at War 1939 to 1945
Hardback. The impact that the war had on the city of Sheffield. Num Pages: 204 pages, 50 integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJH; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 306 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield. Soon after the declaration of war, the government and the people of Sheffield realised that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to the importance of the steel industry. Also, for the first eighteen months of the war Sheffield had the only drop hammer in the country, which was capable of producing Rolls Royce crankshafts for Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft. Using contemporary diaries, letters, police accounts and other archive material, this book reveals how, despite ... Read more
This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield. Soon after the declaration of war, the government and the people of Sheffield realised that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to the importance of the steel industry. Also, for the first eighteen months of the war Sheffield had the only drop hammer in the country, which was capable of producing Rolls Royce crankshafts for Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft. Using contemporary diaries, letters, police accounts and other archive material, this book reveals how, despite ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473833616
SKU
V9781473833616
Shipping Time
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About Margaret Drinkall
After completing a Master's degree in History in 2006, Margaret began to write a book on local history, Rotherham Workhouse, which was published in 2009. Since then she has retired to write full time. Margaret has been fortunate enough to have several more books published on true Victorian crimes, Sheffield Workhouse and other areas of the local history of Sheffield ... Read more
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