Leeds in the Great War
In 1914, when the call came for Kitchener's new army to be recruited, Leeds was at the heart of the West Riding conurbation, where many men joined the Pals' Battalions. However, the city was to participate in the war effort in so many other ways. It was a textile town, with a long history of tailoring and clothing manufacture, and kept the troops in uniform throughout the war. Even then it was a hub for engineering and a vital transport link in the North, with the railway being its calling card, which remains true a century later. Leeds is a city renowned for medicine, and the hospitals played their part both on home soil and in the gruelling…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4738-6156-5
- EAN: 9781473861565
- Produktnummer: 35589045
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 132 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'299 KB
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