Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War

by Gary Dobbs

Looks at the Cardiff Pals and other local regiments who fought in the Great War and how the experience of war impacted on the area, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Cardiff were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. An important place for Coal export this book looks at how the balance between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783463554
• ISBN13: 9781783463558
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 160 Pages