Kent at War
Kent has a long and illustrious military history dating back to the Roman occupation but the first great conflict of the twentieth century brought the horrors of war to a new generation. Because of its proximity to this major war zone, Kent came to play a pivotal role in the conf… Celý popis ↓
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Kent at War
Kent has a long and illustrious military history dating back to the Roman occupation but the first great conflict of the twentieth century brought the horrors of war to a new generation. Because of its proximity to this major war zone, Kent came to play a pivotal role in the conflict. Thousands of the county's finest young men were sent off to fight in battlefields around the world including Europe's Western Front, which was less than a day's travel from Kent.
Its hospitals cared for the wounded and its munitions factories produced the armaments needed to fight the war. The ports of Dover and Folkestone were the main staging posts for the British Expeditionary Force and the primary points of arrival for the thousands of wounded servicemen being repatriated from the Front. The county's geographical position also made it a prime target for German air raids and naval bombardments, which
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