Author: Dale Clarke
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750969709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the 'Spitfire summer' of 1940, all that the 1 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of the Local Defence Volunteers (as the organisation was originally called) wanted was a service rifle for each man, but even that was too much for a country threatened by defeat to provide. Britain's Final Defence is the first book to explore the efforts made to arm the home defence force between 1940 and 1944 and describe the full range of weaponry available for Britain's last stand against invading Axis forces.
Britain's Final Defence
Author: Dale Clarke
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750969709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the 'Spitfire summer' of 1940, all that the 1 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of the Local Defence Volunteers (as the organisation was originally called) wanted was a service rifle for each man, but even that was too much for a country threatened by defeat to provide. Britain's Final Defence is the first book to explore the efforts made to arm the home defence force between 1940 and 1944 and describe the full range of weaponry available for Britain's last stand against invading Axis forces.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750969709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the 'Spitfire summer' of 1940, all that the 1 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of the Local Defence Volunteers (as the organisation was originally called) wanted was a service rifle for each man, but even that was too much for a country threatened by defeat to provide. Britain's Final Defence is the first book to explore the efforts made to arm the home defence force between 1940 and 1944 and describe the full range of weaponry available for Britain's last stand against invading Axis forces.
The Defense of the United Kingdom
Author: Basil Collier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The Air Defence of Britain 1914-1918
Author: Christopher Cole
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
En meget grundig gennemgang af det engelske luftforsvar mod dag- og natluftangreb under 1. verdenskrig.
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
En meget grundig gennemgang af det engelske luftforsvar mod dag- og natluftangreb under 1. verdenskrig.
Britain and Defence 1945-2000
Author: Stuart Croft
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131788454X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the second world war
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131788454X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the second world war
Front Line, 1940-41
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Defence of the United Kingdom
Author: Basil Collier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845740559
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
The first in the 18-volume Official History of the Second World War covers the defence of the British Isles on land, sea, and in the air. Beginning with disarmament after the Great War in 1918, Basil Collier traces Britain s gradual rearmarment in the face of the renewed threat from Germany. There are chapters on the Phoney war of 1939-40; and on the effects of the disastrous Norway campaign and the Dunkirk evacuation. The Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 is extensively covered, as is Operation Sealion , Hitler s abortive plan for a seaborne invasion of southern England. Collier describes the Luftwaffe s switch from daytime raids on RAF fiighter stations to night bombing of the cities in the darkest days of the 1940-41 Blitz. He recounts the German bids to blockade Britain, and the energetic measures for home defence - including the formation of the Home Guard - taken by Churchill s government. Finally, the book tells of the terrifying threat from the V1 Flying Bomb or Doodle Bugs ; and Hitler s secret weapons - the V2 rockets launched in the last stages of the war in Europe. Profusely illustrated with 32 maps and 29 photographs, and accompanied by 50 appendices on specialised aspects of the war on the home front.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845740559
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
The first in the 18-volume Official History of the Second World War covers the defence of the British Isles on land, sea, and in the air. Beginning with disarmament after the Great War in 1918, Basil Collier traces Britain s gradual rearmarment in the face of the renewed threat from Germany. There are chapters on the Phoney war of 1939-40; and on the effects of the disastrous Norway campaign and the Dunkirk evacuation. The Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 is extensively covered, as is Operation Sealion , Hitler s abortive plan for a seaborne invasion of southern England. Collier describes the Luftwaffe s switch from daytime raids on RAF fiighter stations to night bombing of the cities in the darkest days of the 1940-41 Blitz. He recounts the German bids to blockade Britain, and the energetic measures for home defence - including the formation of the Home Guard - taken by Churchill s government. Finally, the book tells of the terrifying threat from the V1 Flying Bomb or Doodle Bugs ; and Hitler s secret weapons - the V2 rockets launched in the last stages of the war in Europe. Profusely illustrated with 32 maps and 29 photographs, and accompanied by 50 appendices on specialised aspects of the war on the home front.
The Battle of Britain
Author: T.C.G. James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135273987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain. Written while World War II was still being fought, the account has an analysis of the defensive tactics of Fighter Command, and attempts a day-by-day analysis of the action as it took place.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135273987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain. Written while World War II was still being fought, the account has an analysis of the defensive tactics of Fighter Command, and attempts a day-by-day analysis of the action as it took place.
The Formulation of British Defence Policy Towards the Middle East, 1948-56
Author: David R. Devereux
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The United Kingdom’s Defence After Brexit
Author: Rob Johnson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319971697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This new work examines how the European states, the United Kingdom and the United States will approach the defence and Security of Europe in the medium and long-term. It is often assumed that Brexit, the United Kingdom’s departure from the political and commercial European Union, would affect defence and security profoundly, but the basis of that assumption is rarely analysed. Bringing together a panel of specialists from Europe, the UK, the EU, and the United States, this volume evaluates the relative position they play in Europe’s defence in the era of Brexit. It examines the arguments, challenges, and problems in European defence, and tests them against the residual commitment, cohesion, and capabilities of the states concerned, including Anglo-French military co-operation, the silent Anglo-German partnership, the US-UK Special Relationship, and the emergent Northern Group.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319971697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This new work examines how the European states, the United Kingdom and the United States will approach the defence and Security of Europe in the medium and long-term. It is often assumed that Brexit, the United Kingdom’s departure from the political and commercial European Union, would affect defence and security profoundly, but the basis of that assumption is rarely analysed. Bringing together a panel of specialists from Europe, the UK, the EU, and the United States, this volume evaluates the relative position they play in Europe’s defence in the era of Brexit. It examines the arguments, challenges, and problems in European defence, and tests them against the residual commitment, cohesion, and capabilities of the states concerned, including Anglo-French military co-operation, the silent Anglo-German partnership, the US-UK Special Relationship, and the emergent Northern Group.
The Defence of Britain
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description