Download or read book The Exeter Blitz written by David Rees and published by London : Hamilton. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spændende historie om tyskernes bombardement af Exeter i maj 1942
Download or read book The Terror Raids of 1942 written by Jan Gore and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meticulous research provides the fullest insight yet into the impact of this bombing campaign on Britain’s home front during the Second World War. “We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide,” the German Foreign Office announced in April 1942 as the Luftwaffe attacked Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury. Over a thousand people died. These raids were direct retaliation for RAF raids on equally historic German cities. Hitler had ordered that “Preference is to be given . . . where attacks are likely to have the greatest possible effect on civilian life,” and in this narrow aim—as Jan Gore shows in the first full history of the raids to be published for over twenty years—they certainly succeeded. She explains the Luftwaffe’s tactics, the types of bombs that were used—high explosive, parachute mines and incendiaries—and records the devastating damage they caused. Her main focus is on the effect of the bombing on the ground. In graphic detail she describes the air raid precautions, the role of the various civil defense organizations and the direct experience of the civilians. Their recollections—many of which have not been published before—as well as newspaper articles and official reports give us a vivid impression of the raids themselves and their immediate aftermath. “One can never understand what either side hoped to achieve by destroying historic cities and killing and maiming their citizens during a conflict such as the second world war. Jan Gore attempts to explain the thinking behind it, and the awful consequences . . . A terrific account.” —Books Monthly
Download or read book Secret Exeter written by Tim Isaac and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the secret history of Exeter through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Download or read book Exeter Blitz written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exeter Burning written by Peter David Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bunnies written by Kieran Lynn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing frustrated at the destruction of his rural idyll, a farmer picks up a pamphlet that encourages him on a dangerous path.... He has a great idea to secure the future of the native animals on his land - to kill all of the non-natives. With his daughter against him, and his son on the fence, his idea looks equally brilliant and insane. His goal may be achieved, but at what cost? A dark comedy pondering the effects of extremism, Bunnies is new play by up and coming young writer Kieran Lynn.
Download or read book The Baedeker Blitz written by Niall Rothnie and published by Howell Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bogen beskriver de tyske bombninger af Englands historiske byer, kendt som Hitlers ide udsprunget af den tyske Baedekar turistbrochure.
Download or read book A Z of Exeter written by Chris Hallam and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the wonderful city of Exeter in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.
Download or read book Exeter Pubs written by David Cornforth and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exeter Pubs gives a unique and fascinating insight into some of Exeter's famous and infamous pubs, taverns and inns.
Download or read book The West Country written by John Payne and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English West Country is a land of exceptional landscapes: many miles of wild, unspoilt coastline and vast expanses of wild moorland; great cities such as Exeter, Plymouth, Bath and Bristol; and market towns, villages and hamlets. Farming, mining, quarrying, fishing and trade are the traditional industries of the counties of Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. On one level, the West Country is the most English of all English regions, home of clotted cream, thatch, church spires, folksong, hobby horses and Cecil Sharp. Yet the area was trading with Mediterranean Europe before the Romans. For many years Bristol was the centre of the slave trade, and many of its great mansions were built on the proceeds of slavery. Great swathes of land in Dorset, Wiltshire and Devon are still used by the military and are off-bounds to visitors. And within the West Country is the special case of Celtic Cornwall, and the even more remote Isles of Scilly. People lived in the West Country long before Britain, or England, were invented. From the great stone circles of Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire to the menhirs of Cornwall, and the wealth of prehistoric remains on the Isles of Scilly, this has always been an inhabited landscape, crafted by men and women working closely with nature and natural forces. John Payne explores this culturally rich and varied region, revealing many facets of its distinctive and much-loved identity.
Download or read book Bombing States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940 1945 written by Claudia Baldoli and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >
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Download or read book Rethinking World War Two written by Jeremy Black and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is both the past and our accounts of the past. In Rethinking World War Two, Jeremy Black explores the contesting accounts and interpretations of the war, critically examining the leading controversies surrounding the conflict, its aftermath and its ongoing significance in the modern world. The first half of the book considers controversies surrounding the course of the war, with chapters looking at the importance of military history, the causes of the war, politics and grand strategy and domestic politics. The second half goes on to consider the memory of the war and its echoes in political and military spheres, with chapters devoted to the memory of the war in Europe and in Asia. A detailed further reading section provides guidance on how to take study of various topics further. Rethinking World War Two is unique in offering a survey of both the events of the conflict and the various debates surrounding its memory. It will be an invaluable resource for any student of World War Two, particularly those seeking a better understanding of its continuing legacy in the postwar world.
Download or read book Express and Echo the Exeter Blitz written by Jan Nichols and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Wandering Star written by Niels Svendsen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-07-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of the life and adventures of Niels Svendsen who was born in 1929 from a Danish immigrant family that arrived in England. Follow Niels as he progresses from council school to Grammar school and his adventures during the Berlin Airlift when serving his time in the R.A.F. in Malta. With very little money and a small family follow Niels as he enters the News Chronicle Get Ahead Competition sponsored by the B.B.C. and wins GBP5,000 top prize. This was one of the first televised competitions in black and white and Niels was seen by millions of viewers. Now read on about his Trans Atlantic race and his involvement in yachts. Also his many other races and his eventual move to Mallorca where he sets up his own yacht brokerage Dolphin Yachts in Club de Mar. This story is special and will keep you reading until you get to the end.
