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Halifax in the Great War

By (author) David Millichope
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 1st May 2015
Dimensions: w 154mm h 235mm d 19mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN-10: 1783831219
ISBN-13: 9781783831210
Barcode No: 9781783831210
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Halifax was surprised by the outbreak of war in August 1914 but within days the public mood had turned into a staggering display of unified support. Voluntary fund raising organisations sprang up and bore witness to an incredible self-help ethic that supported the troops at the front, their dependant families at home and the returning wounded. People came to fear the Zeppelins, were forced to retrieve their children from German naval guns in Scarborough and read with horror the stories of local lads gassed at the front. Residents of German descent found themselves in difficult situations, and Belgian refugees were offered sanctuary. Struggling local industry was revitalised by government orders for Khaki cloth, machine tools and munitions. Halifax can claim to have contributed many interesting technological items such as bomb release mechanisms, flame projectors and Tommy's iconic bowl shaped steel helmet. Women were increasingly employed in traditional male occupations. In 1917 the food crisis fermented tensions, but at the end of 1918 there was triumph - of a sort.

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