The Story Of Sheffield At War 1939 To 1945 Reissue Margaret Drinkall by Margaret Drinkall 9781473884328, 1473884322 instant download after payment.

This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield in the UK. 

Soon after the declaration of war in September 1939, the government and the people of Sheffield realised that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to the importance of the local steel industry. Also, for the first eighteen months of the war Sheffield had the only drop hammer in the entire country, which was capable of producing Rolls Royce crankshafts for Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft. 

Using contemporary diaries, letters, police accounts and other archival 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 out 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 own Home Guard when the capital was under heavy fire from German rockets and flying bombs. 

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' operation of 1943. 

Finally, there are accounts not only of Sheffield men who were taken as prisoners of war, but of how the police dealt with the German and Italian prisoners held at Lodge Moor Camp.