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People's War, 1940 (pg. 1)

1940 1939-1945 "People's War, 1940 (pg. 1)" [HFR0092], 1940 This leaflet, entitled 'This is the People's War', was written by John Marchbank, General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, in September 1940. This is believed to be the first use of the term Peopl...

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Bibliographic Details
Institution:TUC - Trade Union Congress Library
Language:English
Published: United Kingdom 1940
Subjects:
Trade Union Congress, UK
Railways (BT: Transport)
World War 1939-1945
Trade Unions (search also under the names of individual Trade Unions)(BT: Labour movement; Employee organisations)(NT: International unions; Craft unions; Company unions; International labour activities)(RT: Syndicalism)
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10796/29D26683-6A17-484A-B4B7-EA0237D744AC
http://hdl.handle.net/10796/D2E88DEA-A842-4DB2-91A8-00E00C3C6DB2
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Summary:1940 1939-1945 "People's War, 1940 (pg. 1)" [HFR0092], 1940 This leaflet, entitled 'This is the People's War', was written by John Marchbank, General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, in September 1940. This is believed to be the first use of the term Peoples War in relation to the Second World War. It was later used as the title of a book by Tom Wintringham, a founder of the Home Guard, which advocated arming the population and the use of guerrilla tactics.
Physical Description:Leaflet
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