The Historic England
publication seeks to explore the full range of impacts of the First
World War on our built environment and landscape.
Within the UK the
war was a period dominated by construction rather than destruction,
as new facilities were needed to meet the direct needs of the
massively expanded armed forces or the array of supporting functions
and industries.
When the war ended
some were quickly dismantled, some re-purposed, and some retained in
military use. Where they have lasted until today layers of Second
World War and Cold War adaptation often masks their origin.
We tend to think of
the First World War as something that happened in northern France, in
contrast to the a way that collective memory of Blitz and Battle of
Britain locates the “Home Front” of the Second World War more
squarely. This book helps to rebalance that showing that in every
corner of the UK the First World War was having a physical impact,
and alongside the physical there were social, economic, cultural
impacts too.
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