Midhurst WW2 Memoirs : 3. Lowest Times (1940-1943)

Peter H Sydenham

ISBN 10: 0645007102 / ISBN 13: 9780645007107

Edité par Red Robin Publishing Pty Ltd Aug 2023, 2023

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Neuware - No 3, of this 4 book series, presents life in the Midhurst Rural District during the first half of WW2.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780645007107

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• Titre: Midhurst WW2 Memoirs : 3. Lowest Times (1940-1943)
• Éditeur: Red Robin Publishing Pty Ltd Aug 2023
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0645007102
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780645007107
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 156 H x 34 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 156 millimètres de hauteur par 34 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 907 grammes

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Synopsis

Midhurst, West Sussex, is an acclaimed rural area having the Head Office of the South Downs National Park Authority in its town centre. In this Book 3, of Peter Sydenham's Midhurst WW2 Memoirs series, he concentrates on his first half of the war period 1940-1943..

Hitler was building his Third Reich. Inhumanity and antisemitism became the Nazi norm. Britains realised he could soon invade their pleasant pastures and industrial wealth. The British government hastened onto a war-footing - sent its BEF to France, asked Canada for caretaker troops, evacuated children from bombing, set-up personal air raid protection, started rationing, and created the Home Guard.

By 1940's end Britain was alone - the lowest time in British history since the Norman invasion. Occupation by Hitler's Nazis would have been unendurable. A truth-fiction chapter explores how the Germans might have managed to invade England successfully and how an imaginary life in Midhurst might have looked like under Nazi rule.This is presented to ensure that kind of living is fully appreciated by future readers.

When his street in London was bombed in 1940, Peter was moved with his mother to Midhurst. His childhood formation began there. At first, they had to live apart. His life is presented with a filled out back-story, painting a picture of life in those times in a quiet rural town undergoing much change.

Being isolated geographically, Midhurst initially suffered little hardship. But that changed when Petworth and Midhurst were bombed in late 1942 and early 1943.

He then moved to live with his mother in Easebourne, another kind of exciting adventure playground, right in the countryside.

The next Book 4 covers the period late 1943 to the end of the WW2. Extensive pictures are provided along with an index. The e-book version provides search capability and gives live pull-up links to videos of relevant subjects.

À propos de l?auteur

Born in London in 1937 Peter Sydenham was evacuated to Midhurst in West Sussex. With his family he migrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1951, where he still lives. His working life began in Australia as an electrical trades apprentice, merging into an academic career in Engineering from 1961. Upon gaining the BE (Hons) and ME at University of Adelaide, with his wife and baby daughter, he moved to Warwick University for a PhD research period in the early 1960s. After a decade as an academic in applied geophysics at the University of New England, NSW, he returned to Adelaide as a Professor of Electronic Engineering. In 1986 he was awarded the DSc, in Engineering, by the University of Warwick. He took early retirement in 1998 to allow him to follow writing and handcrafts. He, and his wife Pat, then spent five pleasant years in the Cotswolds, England. Whilst being a prolific author of academic material Peter has always been attracted to non-fiction writing. His technical hands-on background led him to freelancing popular technical articles in the monthly magazine, Electronic Today International. During his 35 year academic career he has also authored or edited over 20 text and research books, and the usual 100 plus scholarly papers. He was a book-series Editor for John Wiley, in Chichester. Writing far away in Adelaide, Australia, has not been a problem; the Internet, and its email, provide most of what is needed today. He has visited Midhurst many times, the latest being in 2014, 2015 and 2018 to build up research on the Midhurst District during WW2. His interests have covered many handcrafts - with mixed successes. His 1958 electronic base-guitar was a failure; his classic decorated wrought iron balustrades received acclaim - outside of the family! He has constantly been building onto their home to provide for their 6 children who now live in Adelaide, Dubai and Melbourne. Pat and he, now have 11 grandchildren.