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Liverpool in the Great War (Your Towns & Cities in the Great War), , McGreal, St
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781473821613
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Liverpool in the Great War
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books The Limited
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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At the dawn of the twentieth century Liverpool had eight miles of docks thronged with cargo ships loading or discharging cargoes. The city prospered through its maritime trade, and this led to the Cunard Line and other illustrious transatlantic passenger carriers making Liverpool their home port. As the storm clouds of war gathered, few would perceive the conflagration would change the political and social make-up of Britain including the emancipation of women. When Britain declared war on Germany in the summer of 1914, Liverpool's geographical position demanded it be one of the chief home bases of wartime operations. It was a challenge the city accepted with relish and went on to become one of the most significant home front contributors to the Allied victory. Justifiably, the city cenotaph proudly declares 'out of the north parts came a great company and a mighty army, ' but there is a forgotten army of patriotic civilians whose endeavors played a key role in the Allied victory. Despite an acute shortage of skilled labor, Liverpool led the way in the construction of munition factories and developed the required skills to 'feed the guns.' Initially men who were too old for military service produced shells, a local factory became the first in the country to introduce women shell makers, this initiative was replicated throughout the nation. As the men made the transition from street to trench, Liverpool and district developed into a vast arsenal employing approximately 30,000 women and producing a million shells monthly. Civilians were also actively involved in tending the wounded, fund-raising for hospital equipment and ambulances and the provision of home comforts for those at the front. When the German submarine onslaught almost severed Britain's maritime trade routes food rationing was introduced. Damaged ships limped into Liverpool where their precious cargoes were salvaged and large swathes of Liverpool were ploughed up as the nation 'dug for victory.' The city was also a portal through which thousands of American troops passed; they stayed briefly at Springfield Park Rest Camp before entraining south. Liverpool opened the first hospital in the United Kingdom for the treatment of American servicemen. Another first occurred on Independence Day 1918, when the first post-revolution march past of American troops took place on British soil. This is the fascinating but largely forgotten story of how Liverpool provided the sinews of war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1473821614
ISBN-13
9781473821613
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215302779
Product Key Features
Book Title
Liverpool in the Great War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
History
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da690.L8
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-304156
Dewey Decimal
942.7/53083
Series
Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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