Название: Manchester Pals
Автор: Michael Stedman
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473823005
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 66,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Unlike its near neighbor, working-class Salford, Manchester proved able to raise eight Pals battalions. Initially, these battalions were composed of middle-class men who experience before the war years was within the commercial, financial and manufacturing interests which formed the foundations of Edwardian Manchester’s life and prosperity. Manchester was undeniably proud of its pals battalions; that the area was capable of raising. Seven months after their arrival in France the battle of the Somme was launched, on the fateful 1st July, 1916.