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Autore |
Phythian Graham |
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Titolo |
Blitz Britain : Manchester and Salford / / Graham Phythian |
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Stroud, Gloucestershire : , : The History Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, German |
Bombing, Aerial - England - Manchester - History - 20th century |
Bombing, Aerial - England - Salford (Greater Manchester) - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 �A Thing of Shocking Beauty�: The Fate of Manchester Cathedral""; ""2 �Forewarned is Forearmed�: The Gathering Storm""; ""3 �The Bomber Will Always Get Through�: Know the Enemy""; ""4 �One Mass of Flames�: Christmas Blitz (1): Manchester""; ""5 �Lights and Fires Everywhere�: Christmas Blitz (2): Trafford Park, Salford and Stretford""; ""6 �Manchester Took It, Too�: Aftermath""; ""7 �Get What You Can�: Under the Cover of Darkness"" |
""8 �A Dull, Pulsating Roar�: The Night of the Doodlebugs""""9 �A Finer City Will Arise�: Phoenix Manchester""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix 1 Manchester Emergency Committee�s Log of Bombing Incidents 22-24 December 1940""; ""Appendix 2 Stretford Bombing Incidents 22-24 December 1940""; ""Appendix 3 Salford Bombing Incidents September 1940 - June 1941""; ""Appendix 4 Manchester Rest Centres During the Blitz""; ""Appendix 5 Stretford Rest Centres During the Blitz""; ""Appendix 6 Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Maps: Salford Docks Area""; ""Appendix 7 Salford Rest Centres During the Blitz"" |
""Appendix 8 Manchester and Salford Bombing Maps""""Appendix 9 Anti-aircraft Placements Around Manchester in the Second World War""; ""Bibliography and Sources""; ""Copyright"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1940, the Manchester and Salford Blitz saw the city and its surroundings targeted by the German Luftwaffe. The most destructive |
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attack was launched in December 1940; it is remembered today as 'the Christmas Blitz'. Nearly 800 people lost their lives, and thousands more were injured, in two nights of raids ending with a devastating Christmas Eve that saw hundreds of tons of high explosive and thousands of incendiaries fall. The damage was so extensive that Nazi propaganda claimed the city had been burned to the ground. Attacks continued into 1941 and beyond, and landmarks such as the cathedr |
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