Portsmouth at War
Author: Andrew Whitmarsh
Publisher: Tempus
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780752442969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of images providing a pictorial record of events in Portsmouth during the Second World War
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Portsmouth at War
Author: Portsmouth WEA Local History Group
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Published: 1983
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Treaty of Portsmouth and Its Legacies
Author: Steven J. Ericson
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781584657224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe latest, probing look at the 1905 Portsmouth Peace Treaty, the last peace agreement between Japan and Russia
Portsmouth at war,vol.3
Author: Portsmouth WEA Local History Group
Publisher:
Published: 1990
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPortsmouth's World War One Heroes
Author: James Daly
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0750951990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 5,000 men from Portsmouth are believed to have been killed during the First World War – the greatest loss of life that the city has ever known. Not only were thousands of Portsmouth soldiers killed on the Western Front, but Portsmouth based ships were sunk throughout the war, causing massive loss of life. Thanks to a wealth of sources available and painstaking use of database software, it is possible to tell their stories in more detail than ever before. James Daly builds an extremely detailed picture of Portsmouth’s World War One dead, down to where they were born, and where they lived. Not only will their stories tell us about how the war was fought and won, and their sacrifices; but they will also provide a clearer picture than ever before of how Portsmouth and its people suffered.
32 in '44
Author: Rodney K. Watterson
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591149538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1930s, the Portsmouth Navy Yard in New Hampshire built less than two submarines a year, yet in 1944 it completed an astonishing 32 submarines, and over the course of the war produced 37 per cent of all U.S. submarines. This book analyzes the factors behind the small yard s record-setting production, including streamlined operations, innovative management practices, the Navy s commitment to develop the yard s resources as an alternative to private industry, and the yard s ability to adapt quickly to a decentralized wartime shipbuilding environment. The author highlights similarities betw.
Portsmouth & the Great War (Buckland Area).
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781873911327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPortsmouth's World War Two Heroes
Author: James Daly
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 075249029X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on research into 2,549 servicemen and women from Portsmouth who were killed during World War 2, this book uncovers stories that have never been told before: a naval bomb disposal Petty Officer awarded the George Cross; a 16-year-old Para; a Battle of Britain hero; men killed in battleships, submarines, bombers and tanks throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. By using database software, the author has been able to analyse all 2,549 casualties and look at statistics such as their age and where in Portsmouth they came from. As well as telling the stories of individuals and units, it has been possible to build a picture of the effect that World War 2 had on Portsmouth's communities.
Four days at Portsmouth, on the eve of war, March, 1854. From Rahper's magazine
Author: Portsmouth. Appendix
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWar-Torn Portsmouth
Author: Robert Hind
Publisher:
Published: 2016-06-14
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780857042880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPortsmouth, with the great and historic Naval Dockyard at its heart, was a prominent target for Luftwaffe bombs in the Second World War. Great swathes of the city were laid waste, the destruction so complete that when reconstruction did occur eventually, some parts of Portsmouth were completely unrecognisable compared to what had gone before. Although the need for national security meant that little was publicised at the time, after the war images published by the Portsmouth Evening News recorded the devastation wrought by the blitz, whilst the subsequent clearance of damaged sites was also captured in photographs. Using contemporary images ¿ many sourced from the Portsmouth Evening News ¿ well-known local historian Robert Hind has compared each view with the current scene, laying the pictures side by side to show not only what has been lost forever, but in some cases what has, remarkably, stayed the same. War-torn Portsmouth ¿ Then, After and Now celebrates how this great city has risen phoenix-like from the ravages of war.
