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Sand, Planes and Submarines

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Sand, Planes and Submarines

By Paul Brown, Delia Gleave

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About the book

Sand, Planes and Submarines is an unlikely title for a book about the role two small towns far from the sea played in the First World War. Yet this extraordinary account tells how Leighton Buzzard and Linslade provided the means to shorten the war.Without the sand, the big guns could not have been made for the Front; the planes allowed the Royal Flying Corps to take on the superior German air force; and the submarine nets protected not only the British fleet but also the French, Italians, Americ...Show more

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ISBN

9780750983709

Publisher

The History Press Ltd

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Sand, Planes and Submarines

Format

Paperback

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