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Chargement... Manchester in the great warpar Joseph O'Neill
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How the experience of war impacted on the town, 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 Manchester were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. Manchester was more profoundly involved in the Great War than any provincial city. Manchester men volunteered in greater numbers than any others; its women, hardened to the rigours of factory life, flooded into munitions and engineering workshops and toiled long hours while contending with cruel shortages. Children's lives were disrupted as schools became hospitals and the city developed into a major centre for treating the wounded. A great port, an industrial powerhouse, the region's commercial and distribution centre, Manchester overcame hunger and deprivation to become the engine that drove an exhausted and impoverished nation to an unlikely victory. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)942.733History and Geography Europe England and Wales Northwest England and Isle of Man Manchester and neighbouring metropolitan boroughs Manchester CityClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (4)
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With the the commemoration of the Great War now in full swing the excellent historical publishers Pen & Sword are publishing a new series of books on the towns and cities in Britain during the Great War. Including the City of Manchester the city of my birth and home. I just wish my Grandmother was still alive to relive the memories of that war and Manchester.
Each of the chapters covers a year of the war and what was happening in the City of the time. There are some wonderful pictures of the men queuing outside the Town Hall to enlist in 1914 to do their patriotic duty. Wonderful pictures of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Manchester regiment in 1914 bringing home how many signed up to fight a war they did not understand the reasons they were fighting.
There are also pictures of some of the firms in Manchester that moved in to military production including my father’s employers in Trafford Park. He did notice some of the equipment in use in 1914 was still being used in 2000 and they wonder why Britian never moved forward!
This is an excellent book in a brilliant series of books on our towns and cities during the war. It is an excellent tool to show students today how much was done by the whole population in the war effort. The is book helps to bring home that the war was not just fought at the front but here at home too. (