Grandad's Army - Volunteers Defending the British Isles in the First World War

This book tells the largely untold story of WWI's Volunteer Training Corps, the forgotten equivalent of World War II's Home Guard. Self-financing and training in their spare time they developed as an effective anti-invasion force. Alongside VTC were the many medical, transport, police and youth organisations which also kept the home fires burning.

A propos de l'auteur

Dr Mike Osborne's interest in fortification began with childhood visits to castles, and has developed over the years to include all aspects of the topic, from Iron-Age forts to Cold War bunkers. He was a volunteer-coordinator for the Defence of Britain Project, recording the military structures of the twentieth-century, and, after a thirty-year-career in education, took early retirement. Since then, he has produced nearly twenty books on topics that range from Civil War sieges and fortifications, to drill halls and twentieth-century military structures. He has also written a series of county surveys of defences, as well as the best-selling Defending Britain.

Résumé

This book tells the largely untold story of WWI's Volunteer Training Corps, the forgotten equivalent of World War II's Home Guard. Self-financing and training in their spare time they developed as an effective anti-invasion force. Alongside VTC were the many medical, transport, police and youth organisations which also kept the home fires burning.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mike Osborne
• Edition: Fonthill Media Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781781558188
• ISBN: 978-1-78155-818-8
• Pages: 286
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 164 mm x 30 mm
• Poids: 570 g
• Illustrations: 19 colour and black & white photographs and other illustrations
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories de l'Etat et administration politique