Leeds's Military Legacy

Leeds's Military Legacy
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9781526707680
ISBN-13 : 1526707683
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Book Synopsis Leeds's Military Legacy by : Paul Chrystal

Download or read book Leeds's Military Legacy written by Paul Chrystal and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leedss Military Legacy is the first fully illustrated book to give a comprehensive description of the military history of Leeds from Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman times to the present as home to various garrisons and military museums, not least the renowned Leeds Armouries Museum. Along the way it describes Royalist Leeds and the Civil War, the formation of various regiments in the city between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries, the impact of two World Wars and how the city rose to the challenges of recruitment, defense and industrial war effort. The battle honors of each of the Leeds regiments are detailed as are the VCs. The book also covers the work of the Leeds military hospitals, the Barnbow Munitions disaster, RAF Yeadon (LeedsBradford Airport), the blitz of 1941, 609 Squadron, Yeadon Lancaster factory, Leeds as a garrison city and current military research in Leeds.


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