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Oil Under Sherwood Forest
Average rating
5 out of 5
Based on 2 Ratings and 1 Reviews

Book Description
During the Great Wars the Germans had a simple strategy regarding the British Isles - starvation - food for the people - oil for everything that moved.
By 1942 German U-boats were sinking 700,000 tons of shipping per month, whilst the Luftwaffe had destroyed almost a million barrels of stored oil in the docks.
It was absolutely essential to find an oil source the U-boats could never sink... More
Book Information
PublisherJanet Roberts Booklets
BindingPaperback (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages50
ISBN-100956190200
ISBN-13978-0956190208
Publication Date04/2009
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About Janet Roberts (Author) : I'm passionate about writing and have been doing it all my life! For over 20 years I've been submitting features for the local Talking Magazine for the Blind, and have had articles published in many ... more
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8/23/2009 Janet Roberts said:
This is a 50 page fully illustrated book about the discovery of oil in the middle of England. It particularly tells the story of vital help of the Americans during the Second World War and what has happened to the area of forest since then. Our local Member of Parliament said there should be a cop... more

tags: non-fiction, England, Nottinghamshire, Sherwood Forest, oil, I wrote

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