Hampshire At War
Subtitle An Oral History 1939-1945
By Patricia Ross
Published by
The King's England Press
ISBN 978 1 872438 28 3
Winter 2013
Synopsis
Hampshire is a county with more reason than most to remember the war years, crowded with incident. It was from the South Coast that some of the flotilla of small boats ventured forth to conjure up the miracle of the Dunkirk evacuation. Hampshire was in the front line during the Battle of Britain, as Hitler's Stukas tried in vain to knock out Ventnor's radar. Portsmouth, home of the Royal Navy, withstood the punishments of the Blitz. Southampton was also forced to endure the Blitz, as punishment for its crucial part in lend-lease and the Battle of the Atlantic. And finally, with the coming of the Americans, the entire county became a vast armed camp as the Allies prepared for D Day - the springboard to victory.
Author's Biography
Patricia Ross was well known as a folklorist and local author, among her other works being "Hampshire Hauntings and Hearsay" and "Follow 'Mee' to Gloucestershire" where she tracked the footsteps of Arthur Mee, compiler of The King's England county guides.
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