North Carolina and World War II : a documentary portrait /

"This Southern state trained more troops than any other state in the nation. Can one still find the military posts and shipyards, the cemeteries and memorials, the convalescent units and R & R facilities today? This volume describes in detail both the state's 20-plus military sites and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Anita Price
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > North Carolina.
Military bases > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
Prisoner-of-war camps > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > North Carolina > Prisoners and prisons.
Historic sites > North Carolina.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Caroline du Nord.
Bases militaires > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Camps de prisonniers de guerre > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Caroline du Nord > Prisonniers et prisons.
Lieux historiques > Caroline du Nord.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Historic sites.
Military bases.
Prisoner-of-war camps.
Prisoners of war.
North Carolina > History, Military > 20th century.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
North Carolina.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Beginning of World War II in Europe
  • 2. The Beginning of America's Direct Involvement in the War
  • 3. Some Immediate Effects of the War on North Carolina (December 1941-August 1942)
  • 4. Other Effects of the War on the State and the Nation
  • 5. National Cemeteries in North Carolina
  • 6. Sites in the Mountain Region
  • 7. Sites in the Piedmont Region
  • 8. Sites in the Western Coastal Plain
  • 9. The Southern Tidewater Subregion of the Coastal Region
  • 10. The Central Tidewater Subregion of the Coastal Region
  • 11. The Three Capes of North Carolina
  • 12. The Northern Tidewater Subregion: Nags Head, Manteo, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Weeksville, Vultee
  • 13. The Incalculable Costs of World War I and the Great Depression to the World, the Nation and the State Before World War II
  • vii 14. The Incalculable Costs of World War II
  • 15. The Medal of Honor
  • 16. The Home Front
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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