Luton at War
Author: Luton News
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781871199499
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Secret Luton
Author: Paul Adams
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1445666332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplore Luton's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Seven Steps to Glory: Private Pateman Goes to War
Author: John Pateman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2010-11-16
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1291024611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of Walter Pateman, a Gypsy who was born at Leg of Mutton Common, Farnborough, Kent in 1886 and who died in action during the Great War near Leg of Mutton Wood, Bouchavesnes, France in 1917.
Burke's Handbook to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Author: A. Winton Thorpe
Publisher:
Published: 1921
Total Pages: 722
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForging War
Author: Mark Thompson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781860205521
DOWNLOAD EBOOK""A fascinating study of the manipulation of the media in the former Yugoslavia."" -- The New York Times This study of the political manipulation of the media in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina before and during the war argues that political struggles for media control are early warnings of war and a form of preparation for it.
Luton's Transport
Author: David Beddall
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2022-10-24
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1526755610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLocated in the Chiltern Hills, Luton has a rich transport history, being home to London Luton Airport and Vauxhall Motors. This south Bedfordshire town has also had an interesting public transport history, most notable being Luton Corporation Transport, Eastern National, United Counties and London Transport. The towns of Luton and Dunstable are linked by one of the longest guided busways in the world. Luton’s Transport takes a look at the development of Luton’s tramway, along with the development of bus and coach services in the Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis areas of Bedfordshire.
Proceedings
Author: Manchester (England). City Council
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings for 1903/04-1950/51 accompanied by separately paged volumes with title "Appendix to Council minutes, containing reports, etc., brought before the Council" (varies).
Hitler's Rockets
Author: Norman Longmate
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2009-07-23
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1602397058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Hitler’s Rockets Norman Longmate tells the story of the V-2, the technically brilliant but hated weapon, the ancestor and forerunner of all subsequent ballistic missiles. He reveals the devious power-play within the German armed forces and the Nazi establishment that so influenced the creation of the rockets. He shows through contemporary documents and protagonists’ accounts how the British intelligence skillfully pieced together often contradictory evidence as it sought to establish the true nature of the threat. Finally he recalls in detail the feel and fears of the time from the viewpoint of those who suffered, and those who were all too conscious tat they were the target.
RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War
Author: Geoff Mills
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Published: 2022-03-31
Total Pages: 1069
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the USAAF as they carried the war to German-occupied Europe. The airfields that were constructed took many different forms from training airfields and Advanced Landing Grounds to grass fighter airstrips and vast complexes used to accommodate heavy bombers. This book charts the history of each Second World War airfield in and around the UK providing a unique insight in to the construction, operational life and post-war history of each airfield. Alongside detailing the history of each airfield, this work comprehensively records the details of each unit that operated from airfields around the UK. The information provided in this meticulously researched book is supported by a wealth of 690 photographs providing an illustration into the life of each wartime station.
Politics of the Past
Author: David Cowan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-04-11
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1009340298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe inter-war period (1918–1939) is still remembered as a period of mass deprivation – the 'hungry thirties'. But how did this impression emerge? Thousands of conversations about life in the inter-war period – between parents and children around the dinner table; among workmates at the pub – shaped these understandings. In turn, these fed into popular politics. Stories about the embryonic welfare system in the early-twentieth century informed how people felt towards the National Health Service; memories of the Great Depression shaped arguments about state intervention in the economy. Challenging accounts of widespread political disengagement in the twentieth century, Politics of the Past shows how re-telling family stories about the inter-war period offered ordinary people an accessible way of engaging in politics. Drawing on six local case studies across Scotland and England, this book explains how stories about the inter-war working-class experience in industrial areas came to appear commonplace nationwide.
