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History of the Second World War: Civil Defence

Terence Henry O'Brien

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Description:This book tells the story up to 1945 of a new form of national defence—civil defence. It opens with brief notice of the first attacks on Britain from the air during 1914-1918. It then records in detail the steps taken after 1924, first in secret and later with full publicity, to counter heavy air attack in a future war. It shows how Air Raid Precautions were based from the start on the two principles of harnessing this defence to the machinery of the Local Authorities, and inviting all sections of the community to share its burden. The Munich crisis was a dress-rehearsal for war and in the year that followed civil defence established its claim to be called a fourth arm. Six principal weapons of defence—the Air Raid Precautions and Emergency Fire Brigade Services, a warning system, the black-out, air-raid shelters and evacuation—were built up by September 1939 to a fair state of readiness.Further months of respite gave opportunity for these defences, under the supervision of Regional Commissioners, to be improved, and new ones to be added, Then in 1940 began the storms and lulls of air attacks. These are recorded in outline and the chapters that follow describe in some detail the response of the various defences to these attacks, and the reorganisation which had to be undertaken.The final chapter traces the plans made, and the fresh efforts needed by officials, the Civil Defence Services and citizens, to meet the new challenge of 'V weapons which materialised in the last year of the war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of the Second World War: Civil Defence. To get started finding History of the Second World War: Civil Defence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 729

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: HMSO

Release: 1955

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Description: This book tells the story up to 1945 of a new form of national defence—civil defence. It opens with brief notice of the first attacks on Britain from the air during 1914-1918. It then records in detail the steps taken after 1924, first in secret and later with full publicity, to counter heavy air attack in a future war. It shows how Air Raid Precautions were based from the start on the two principles of harnessing this defence to the machinery of the Local Authorities, and inviting all sections of the community to share its burden. The Munich crisis was a dress-rehearsal for war and in the year that followed civil defence established its claim to be called a fourth arm. Six principal weapons of defence—the Air Raid Precautions and Emergency Fire Brigade Services, a warning system, the black-out, air-raid shelters and evacuation—were built up by September 1939 to a fair state of readiness.Further months of respite gave opportunity for these defences, under the supervision of Regional Commissioners, to be improved, and new ones to be added, Then in 1940 began the storms and lulls of air attacks. These are recorded in outline and the chapters that follow describe in some detail the response of the various defences to these attacks, and the reorganisation which had to be undertaken.The final chapter traces the plans made, and the fresh efforts needed by officials, the Civil Defence Services and citizens, to meet the new challenge of 'V weapons which materialised in the last year of the war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of the Second World War: Civil Defence. To get started finding History of the Second World War: Civil Defence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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