Northamptonshires central position astride some of Englands major routes made it the scene of decisive battles, skirmishes and sieges whose evidence is reflected in the landscape. Visible defensive sites, ranging from castles to missile bases, are...Daugiau...
Oxfordshires strategic position in the Thames Valley has meant that the county boasts many historic sites of battles, sieges, hillforts, castles, airfields, anti-invasion defences, barracks and munitions plants. All are described in this book and pl...Daugiau...
The military activity which ensued from the strategic position of Gloucestershire & Bristol, straddling the River Severn, is reflected in the landscape. From hillforts and castles to airfields and electronic eavesdropping activities, defensive sites...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Aug-2023, Hardback, Leidėjas: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558812)
The Second World War was the cause of more civilian casualties, many of them young people, than of military. In Britain, young people were on the frontline, facing the threat of enemy invasion and the fragmentation of daily life.Their education was d...Daugiau...
Bedfordshire has always been strategically important. From Iron Age hillforts to medieval sieges and battles it has seen significant military action. In WWI the county contributed to the birth of the RAF. In WWII its bases despatched RAF and USAAF bo...Daugiau...
Northamptonshires central position astride some of Englands major routes made it the scene of decisive battles, skirmishes and sieges whose evidence is reflected in the landscape. Visible defensive sites, ranging from castles to missile bases, are...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 18-Feb-2021, Hardback, Leidėjas: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558188)
This book tells the largely untold story of WWIs Volunteer Training Corps, the forgotten equivalent of World War IIs Home Guard. Self-financing and training in their spare time they developed as an effective anti-invasion force. Alongside VTC were...Daugiau...
Leicestershire and Rutland, occupying the area between the Great North Road and Watling Street have seen the movement of armies from Roman times to the Civil War, with the decisive battles of Bosworth and Naseby fought within or close to their border...Daugiau...
On the night of 20 November 1914, everything pointed to the likelihood of invasion by a German army, whisked across the North Sea on a fleet of fast transports. The Royal Navys Grand Fleet prepared to sail south from remote bases in Scotland; shallo...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Aug-2014, Hardback, Leidėjas: Daylight Community Arts Foundation, ISBN-13: 9780988983144)
Floating Island traces the historical trajectory of a WWII aviation facility town while reflecting on the landscapes fantastical aspects. Mike Osbornes Floating Island revolves around a community bordering Utah and Ne...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Apr-2014, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752499550)
Nottinghamshires position at the very heart of England has given it important strategic significance throughout two millennia, underlined by the number of roads, waterways, and later railways, criss-crossing the county. An endless succession of armi...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2013, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752493305)
Throughout history, Cambridgeshire has figured in the conflicts shaping our nation. Doomed Roman legionaries marched from Longthorpe to defeat by Boudiccas Iceni; Saxons and Danes fought over the edges of the Danelaw; the Normans came this way to cr...Daugiau...
For five years, five master photographers spent summers in Yosemites backcountry together, each one interpreting the sublime landscape in his own distinct style. First came the book, First Light, which captured the park in ways both inti...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Feb-2013, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752488349)
Defending Essex describes the various elements of the countys military heritage and places them in their historical, archaeological, and social context. From the castles and strong houses of the medieval and Tudor monarchs and statesmen to th...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Jul-2012, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752464657)
Defending London Londons military structures and the history behind them, from early times to the presentDescribing the various elements of Londons military heritage, this book places them in their historical, archaeologica...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Nov-2011, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752459868)
This book describes the structures put in place to defend Hampshires inhabitants against enemies from both home and abroad. For 2000 years, Hampshire has been at the heart of Britains defences against foreign invasion, as well as being...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 02-Mar-2010, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752453996)
In the 2000 years between standing on the northern edge of the Roman Empire and representing the Wests response to the threat of nuclear war, historic Lincolnshire has been at the forefront of civil strife and in the front line of two world wars. Th...Daugiau...
More than 100 photographs of San Antonios UNESCO World Heritage Site This elegant coffee-table volume displays more than 100 color photographs by architectural photographer Mike Osborne, providing a distinctive contemporary portra...Daugiau...
