Wirral in the Great War / Stephen McGreal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGreal, Stephen, author.

Series:

Your towns and cities in the Great War.

Your Towns and Cities in the Great War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--England--Wirral Peninsula.

World War, 1914-1918.

Wirral Peninsula (England)--History.

Wirral Peninsula (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany. Originally perceived as a short campaign to curtail Germanic imperialism, it developed into a four-year long war of attrition. The Great War is justifiably associated with the horrors of trench warfare and the death of a generation but history has overlooked the home fronts' colossal contribution to victory. On the outbreak of war thousands of troops arrived in Wirral to defend the coast from invasion and guard the docks and shipyards under the watchful eyes of the gunners of the Bidston Hill artillery batteries. The transition to a military ga

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Summary of Nineteenth Century Wirral; Chapter 2: 1914 - Eager for a Fight; Chapter 3: 1915 - Deepening Conflict; Chapter 4: 1916 - The Realization; Chapter 5: 1917 - Seeing it Through; Chapter 6: 1918 - The Final Blows; Selected bibliography andfurther reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473841147

1473841143

9781473840614

1473840619