BATTLE OVER PORTSMOUTH: A CITY AT WAR IN 1940
Written by P.E. Jenkins
Published by Middleton Press
in 1986
ISBN: 0906520290
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- HAMPSHIRE
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BATTLE OVER PORTSMOUTH: A CITY AT WAR IN 1940
Written by P.E. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1829250
1995.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
During the tumultuous months of 1940, Portsmouth was mutilated by some of the fiercest air raids outside London and was subjected to the threat of invasion and the uncertainties of the Battle of Britain. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 117 pages including index and publisher advert to rear. ISBN: 0906520290. Second reprint. Mark where price label existed to rear board. A few light scuff marks. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Chapter 1 - A War of Waiting
- Chapter 2 - Raiders Overhead
- Chapter 3 - Target Portsmouth
- Chapter 4 - When the Church Bells Ring
- Chapter 5 - The Nights Draw In
- MAPS
- Map 1 - Anti-aircraft defences along the South Coast - Summer 1940
- Map2 - Heavy anti-aircraft gunsites around Portsmouth - July 1940
- Map 3 - Fall of bombs on Portsmouth - July 11th 1940
- Map 4 - Luftwaffe target map of the Hilsea/Cosham areas
- Map 5 - Air attack against Portsmouth - Midday August 12th 1940
- Map 6 - Fall of bombs on Portsmouth - Midday August 212th 1940
- Map 7 - Fall of bombs on Portsmouth - August 24th 1940
- Map 8 - Fall of bombs on Fort Cumberland - 4.30pm August 26th 1940
- Map 9 - Langstone Harbour/Hayling Island decoy site - December 1940