Your Towns Cities In World War Two Cambridgeshire At War 1939 45 I Glynis Cooper by Glynis Cooper 9781473875838, 1473875838 instant download after payment.

Few in Cambridgeshire could have believed in their worst nightmares that within twenty years of the conclusion of the 'war to end all wars', they and their families would find themselves once more involved in what would become an even more destructive conflagration.

For the Veterans of the Great War this felt like a betrayal after what they endured, and their fears of now having to do it all again, and in many cases, as well as their returning to service they now did so with their sons standing beside them. 

What had all the sacrifice been about?

Cambridgeshire, the city of Cambridge and the University of Cambridge were badly effected by the Great War with many lives lost, families ripped apart and a way of life that had seemed impossible to ever be challenged was in the space of a few months forever changed. Building and economic recovery had been hindered by the onset of the Great Depression. The county was not ready to face another war in 1939, nor was more importantly a large majority of its population. 

Yet somehow the county, the city and the university all found the strength to unite against the enemy once more and ensure that Germany would never win the war.

This book chronicles life on the Home Front during the Second World War, which itself reached into every home and affected every citizen, changing the life and the face of the county. 

It is also a timely reminder of the difficulties, hardships, restrictions and morale faced by the city as the war dragged on, and how the local community overcame the odds that were stacked so heavily against them.