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The British Bus in the Second World War - John Howie

The British Bus in the Second World War

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Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2013
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-1708-4 (ISBN)
CHF 31,40 inkl. MwSt
The story of how the British bus industry survived the Second World War.
The British bus industry was ill-prepared for the Second World War. Among the immediate consequences were the loss of significant numbers of staff to the armed forces, a drastic reduction in the amount of fuel available and the introduction of the blackout. As the war progressed, it became increasingly difficult to meet the demand for new services to Royal Ordnance Factories and other government establishments despite the prior planning which had been done. Meanwhile, resources were in short supply, the armed forces had requisitioned many of the best vehicles while new ones were almost non-existent, the industry had to rely on female labour, causing problems of recruitment and retention, and government exercised undue control over many operational aspects. In this book, John Howie uses government archives and the trade press as well as contemporary photographs and advertising material, to look at how these problems affected the bus industry and how they were overcome, from cutbacks in service and the introduction of vehicles fueled by producer gas to articulated buses.

John Howie lives in Horley, Surrey. Retired from the aviation industry, he has studied for a Diploma in Transport History from the University of York.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.8.2013
Zusatzinfo 200 Illustrations
Verlagsort Chalford
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 234 mm
Gewicht 380 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Nutzfahrzeuge
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4456-1708-0 / 1445617080
ISBN-13 978-1-4456-1708-4 / 9781445617084
Zustand Neuware
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