Your Towns Cities In World War Two Kent At War 1939 45 by Tanya Wynn, Stephen Wynn 9781473887428 1473887429

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• ISBN 10: 1473887429
• ISBN 13: 9781473887428
• Author: Tanya Wynn, Stephen Wynn

This comprehensive account of the southern English county during WWII covers everything from the Dunkirk evacuations to the Battle of Britain and more.   Located along the English Channel, the southeastern county of Kent played a significant role in the Second World War. This volume covers Kent’s many contributions—both civilian and military—throughout the conflict. The chronicle details how the Dover Patrol kept Allied shipping safe in the English Channel, as well as the preparation and aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuations of May 1940, with all of the vessels leaving from and returning to Kent ports and harbors.   Kent’s numerous airfields were of vital importance during the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940. The Richborough camp, set up in 1939 at the old First World War Kitchener barracks, provided safe haven to thousands of German and Austrian Jewish refugees. This book includes never before published letters written to one of the camps residents during his stay there.   Historian Tanya Wynn also discusses the county’s military hospitals and pow camps, it’s Victorian Cross and George Medal winners, and the restricted areas that adorned the coast as the people of Kent battened down the hatches, knowing that they were the very first line of defense in case of a German invasion.

Table contents:

Chapter 1 1939 – The War Begins
Chapter 2 1940 – Britain at Bay
Chapter 3 1941 – Defeats and Setbacks
Chapter 4 1942 – Seeing it Through
Chapter 5 1943 – Turning the Corner
Chapter 6 1944 – Hitting Back
Chapter 7 1945 – On to Victory
Chapter 8 Kent’s Police Officers
Chapter 9 Dover Castle
Chapter 10 Kent’s Commonwealth Connection
Chapter 11 The Human Touch
Chapter 12 Kent’s Victoria Cross and George Medal Winners
Chapter 13 Kent’s Wartime Airfields
Chapter 14 Isle of Grain Camp
Chapter 15 Prisoner of War Camps in Kent
Chapter 16 War Dead and Memorials

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