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ISBN | 9781784425029 |
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Autor | Storey Neil R. |
Editura | Shire Pubn |
Tip copertă | Paperback |
Anul publicării | 2022 |
Număr de pagini | 64 |
An illustrated introduction into industrial life in Britain, as the nation geared up to meet the wartime demand for munitions, armor, shipping, uniforms and aircraft.
In 1939 Britain was pitched into a war on the Continent for which it was ill-prepared, starting the fight against the Nazis on the back foot. As the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it desperately needed to turn all of its industrial might firstly to defending itself and then to expelling Axis troops from occupied countries. Peacetime factories such as car plants were turned to aircraft and tank production