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The story of Sheffield at war 1939 to 1945 / Margaret Drinkall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drinkall, Margaret, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steel industry and trade--Social aspects--England--Sheffield.
- Steel industry and trade.
- Sheffield (England)--Social conditions.
- Sheffield (England).
- Sheffield (England)--Social life and customs.
- World War (1939-1945).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.
- Summary:
- This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield. Soon after the declaration of war, the government and the people of Sheffield realized that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to the importance of the steel industry. Also, for the first eighteen months of the war Sheffield had the only drop hammer in the country, which was capable of producing Rolls Royce crankshafts for Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft. Using contemporary diaries, letters, police accounts and other archive material, this book reveals how, despite heavy bombing, the people of Sheffield refused to be intimidated. It looks at the events that were happening in the city during the countdown to the war, such as the evacuation of the children not only to other safer districts, but to the Dominions, and the development of the Sheffield Home Guard, who started out as 'Dads Army' but were sent to London to relieve its Home Guard when the capital was under heavy fire from German rockets. Also included is a description of the protection of the dams above Sheffield and how the Ladybower reservoir was used as a training ground for the 'Dambusters'. Finally, there are accounts not only of Sheffield men who were taken as prisoners of war, but how the police dealt with the German and Italian prisoners at Lodge Moor Camp.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9781473884335
- 1473884330
- 9781473884328
- 1473884322
- 9781473884311
- 1473884314
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