Ironbridge in the Great War
Famed as the birthplace of modern industry and the first cast iron metal single span bridge, Ironbridge is venerated the world over yet its social history is at times unfamiliar.One hundred years ago this sleepy town, set by the river Severn, willingly volunteered its lifeblood to a war that everyone confidently believed would be a short-lived, adventurous romp. Misled by government propaganda, they soon discovered through fighting relative's letters and various official news reports, many of which are unearthed for the first time throughout this book, that it had rapidly degenerated into an endless morass of bloody violence with the probabil…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4738-6610-2
- EAN: 9781473866102
- Produktnummer: 33442794
- Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 152 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 13'772 KB
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