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Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Billericay in the Great War
Автор: Ken Porter, Stephen Wynn
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1783463406
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 231
Размер: 25,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1914 Billericay was a peaceful compact village of about 2000 inhabitants. There was the High Street, Back Street, which today is called Chapel Street, and Back Lane which is now Western Road. Within half a mile of the High Street there were groups of cottages; Sun Street had some, which are still there today. There were others in Laindon Road at the beginning before you come to the Roman Catholic Church, and Stock Road, along with Norsey Road and Western Road.

Название: Norwich's Military Legacy
Автор: Michael Chandler
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1526707748
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 128
Размер: 37,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Originally a town that was built of wood by the Anglo-Saxons, it was later burned down and then rebuilt as England’s second city, after London, by William the Conqueror. Riots between the church and the citizens saw Norwich at war with the Pope in 1272 when a gate was constructed as a penance.

Название: Hunter Boys: True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter
Автор: Richard Pike
Издательство: Grub Street Publishing
ISBN: 1909808032
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 37,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

From the highly successful author of Lightning Boys and Lightning Boys 2, Richard Pike, comes a welcome addition to the ‘Boys’ series, Hunter Boys. A fascinating insight into the experiences and affections of those who flew the iconic Hawker Hunter. Fifteen aircrew relate their individual recollections of the highs and lows, the dramas and demands of this incredible aircraft, which came into service in July 1951 and changed the future of fighter development.

Название: Yorkshire Women at War: Story of the Women's Land Army Hostels
Автор: Marion Jefferies
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473849098
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 39,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In Yorkshire, 2015 marks the centenary of the founding of the first Land Girl Hostel, near Boroughbridge, by Lady Margery Lawson Tancred. Yorkshire Women at War deals with the Women's Land Army Hostel policy during the First World War and it is the first exhaustive account to examine hostel life in the austerity of war and post-war Yorkshire between 1939-50.

Название: Keeping the Home Fires Burning: Entertaining the Troops at Home and Abroad During the Great War
Автор: Phil Carradice
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399004417
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 242
Размер: 16,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Keeping the Home Fires Burning tells the story of how the troops and the general public were kept happy and content during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 there was entertainment of the masses for the sole purpose of promotion of the war effort.

Название: The Power Series - Israeli Special Forces
Автор: Samuel M. Katz
Издательство: Motorbooks International
Год: 1993
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 130
Размер: 91,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Short and sweet, Samuel Katz is the man when it comes to finding information on special forces, especially the elite Israeli units. Alongside the British SAS, the Israeli special forces are the busiest in the world and in this book you get a clear, concise view of all of the major units that are out there.

Название: Mustang: A Living Legend
Автор: Michael O'Leary
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Colour Series
ISBN: 085045753X
Год издания: 1987
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 132
Формат: PDF
Размер: 122,6 MB

Mustang: A Living Legend (Osprey Colour Series)

Название: Avro: The History of an Aircraft Company
Автор: Harry Holmes
Издательство: Crowood Press
ISBN: 1861266510
Год издания: 2004
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 200
Формат: PDF
Размер: 176,3 MB

The story of A.V. Roe and Company Ltd (Avro) begins in the very earliest years of aviation, only three years after man's first powered flight. Alliot Verdon Roe was one of Britain's pioneer aviators and in 1910 he founded the company that bears his name.

Название: British Infantry Uniforms Since 1660
Автор: Michael Barthorp
Издательство: Blandford Press
ISBN: 1850790094
Год издания: 1982
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 168
Формат: PDF
Размер: 104,1 MB

British Infantry Uniforms Since 1660

Название: Secret Flotillas: Vol. 2: Clandestine Sea Operations in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Adriatic 1940-1944
Автор: Brooks Richards
Издательство: Frank Cass
Год: 2004
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 485
Размер: 11,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War II. The account has been made possible through Sir Brooks' access to closed government archives, combined with his own wartime experiences and the recollections of many of those involved.