City on Fire: Kingston upon Hull 1939-45
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City on Fire: Kingston upon Hull 1939-45

City on Fire: Kingston upon Hull 1939-45

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Nick Cooper (Author)  

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During the Second World War Hull spent more than 1,000 hours under air-raid alerts and was the target of the first daylight raid of the war and the last piloted air raid on Britain. The city was vulnerable because it was a port and industrial centre close to mainland Europe and situated on an estuary, which made it easy to find. The result of this was that Hull was the most severely damaged town or city in the country during the war, 95 per cent of its houses being damaged or destroyed. In this book, author Nick Cooper examines the air raids on Hull, the industries and infrastructure the raids targeted, how effective they were, the effects on the civilian population, the stories of some of the Civil Defence and rescue workers, how the raids were censored in the media at the time and the use of deception measures to try and protect the city. The book will also look at the aftermath of the war and the reconstruction of Hull. 90 Illustrations, unspecified
Nick Cooper is an expert on the London Underground and has made a special study of how the Second World War impacted upon its operation, the role the Underground played in the lives of Londoners, and what survives from that era.
  • Contributor: Nick Cooper
  • Imprint: Amberley Publishing
  • ISBN13: 9781445672045
  • Number of Pages: 128
  • Packaged Dimensions: 165x234mm
  • Packaged Weight: 308
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Amberley Publishing
  • Release Date: 2017-10-15
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Nick Cooper is an expert on the London Underground and has made a special study of how the Second World War impacted upon its operation, the role the Underground played in the lives of Londoners, and what survives from that era.

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