Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War
Автор: Gary Dobbs
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1783463554
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 160
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 2,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
Looks at the Cardiff Pals and other local regiments who fought in the Great War and how the experience of war impacted on the area, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Cardiff were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. An important place for Coal export this book looks at how the balance between working and fighting was achieved by the Dockyard workers The Great War affected everyone. At home there were wounded soldiers in military hospitals, refugees from Belgium and later on German prisoners of war. There were food and fuel shortages and disruption to schooling.