Edinburgh at War 1939 - 1945 Your Towns and Cities in World 2 book 9781473879638

RRP Price Was £14.99 (Plus p&p at £4 = £19), Our price £9.99 inc free p&p UK. For overseas add £20 as its heavy. Thus a total saving over 40% On RRP & P&P!Soft cover with over 210 pages and 50 black & white photos.All orders are dispatched in solid board envelopes to offer maximum protection. (Not Jiffy envelopes, like some others!)All orders posted out the same day (if ordered before 4pm, and sent 2nd Class Recorded, UK) Or the Next Day (if ordered over the weekend, then posted out on Monday, or whenever possible! 'Bank Holidays, Xmas etc')We sell only New Books, Not second-hand.Please check our Shop Pages. For more New Books Titles are being added all the time.And join our Newsletter too, to be kept informed on new titles as they come out. We have hundreds of quality books for sale in our Ebay Shop, and all our books are arranged in convenient categories to make browsing easier - so if you are interested in other books like this one, why not have a look through our 'Shop Categories'. At the Bottom of this page. If you have any questions about this or any other book, please don't hesitate to ask.About this productProduct InformationScotland was of grave strategic importance during the war because of its geographical position and its capital was the location of a significant number of important military and civil organisations. Edinburgh Castle became the HQ of the Scottish Home Forces whilst the Forth was a vitally important port and was heavily protected even before the start of the war. Its importance was marked by its attracting the first air raid of the war on mainland Britain when a force of German bombers was sent to attack naval shipping in the Forth on 16th October 1939. The raid was intercepted by the RAF which shot down at least two bombers and the entire action was witnessed by many civilians on the ground. The raid also caused the first civilian casualties when two women were injured in Edinburgh and two men machine-gunned in Portobello. Thousands lined the streets days later for the funeral of two of the Luftwaffe airmen. No member of the population of Edinburgh escaped the war, whether it was the huge numbers of men and women from the area who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as the Home Guard, ARP services, nursing, working in vital war industries, struggling to maintain a household under strict rationing and the stresses of wartime life, or children evacuated from the city to the rural areas of Scotland to escape the expected bombing campaign (even though the Archbishop of Edinburgh called for their return if there was insufficient provision of religious instruction in reception areas). Edinburgh was also home to a sizable Italian community which was badly affected by internment and the subsequent tight restrictions on movement and civil rights. The Italian community was also subjected to violent attacks when rioting mobs attacked Italian owned business throughout the city (although one family business was spared because one of the sons was known as a fanatical supporter of Hibs). 'Edinburgh at War 1939-1945' poignantly commemorates the efforts and achievements of Edinburgh: workers, fighters, families divided, all surviving astounding tests. AUTHOR: Born and bred in Northumberland, Dr Craig Armstrong is an experienced historian, with a special interest in the history of the North East of England and Scotland. He has expertise in nineteenth and twentieth-century history, with a particular focus on social and military history. Dr Armstrong currently splits his time between working as a freelance author and researcher on all things North Eastern and Scottish and teaching part-time at Newcastle University. 50 illustrationsProduct IdentifiersPublisherPen & SwordISBN-139781473879638eBay Product ID (ePID)17046600927Product Key FeaturesBook TitleEdinburgh at War 1939-1945FormatPaperbackLanguageEnglishTopicLocal History, HistoryPublication Year2018TypeTextbookAuthorCraig ArmstrongNumber of Pages216 PagesDimensionsItem Height234mmItem Width156mmAdditional Product FeaturesTitle_AuthorCraig ArmstrongCountry/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom