World War Two
In December 1941, HMS Vimiera was adopted by the civil community of Sandbach, Cheshire, following the successful Warship WeekNational Saving campaign. Following the entrance of the United States of America to the Second World War, GIs were billeted in the area around their Headquarters in the Wheatsheaf Public house, located in the town centre.
Read more about this topic: History Of Sandbach
Famous quotes containing the words world and/or war:
“Possibly the Creator did not make the world chiefly for the purpose of providing studies for gifted novelists; but if he had done so, we can scarcely imagine that He could have offered anything much better in the way of material ...”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“A war between Europeans is a civil war.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)