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    The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire...
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    Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the...
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    Shootout (redirect from Gun battle)
    shooting at each other in the middle of the town. The "Battle of Bamber Bridge" was one of the few instances of a gun battle in the United Kingdom during World...
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    Los Angeles Battle of Bamber Bridge, a similar riot in England, June 1943 McLintock 2009 Ministry for Culture and Heritage 2014 "Battle of Manners Street"...
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  • Fremantle in April 1944. Battle of Manners Street, a similar riot in New Zealand Townsville Mutiny Zoot Suit Riots Battle of Bamber Bridge The U.S. pay rate...
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  • incidents such as the 1943 Battle of Bamber Bridge in Lancashire and the 1944 Park Street riot in Bristol). Another theme is that of the "conchies", or conscientious...
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    mainland of Great Britain, was an encounter between the crew of a downed German aircraft and British soldiers training nearby. Battle of Bamber Bridge a racially-charged...
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  • Harold. "WW2 People's War – The Battle of Bamber Bridge". BBC. Retrieved April 4, 2017. Detroit Riots of 1943, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896...
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  • African-American mutinies in the United States Armed Forces (category African-American history of the United States military)
    been described as a mutiny.[page needed] Battle of Bamber Bridge Camp Lejeune Incident Military history of African Americans James E. Westheider. The...
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    then-British Cocos (Keeling) Islands during the Second World War. Battle of Bamber Bridge on 24–25 June 1943, a racially motivated mutiny by African American...
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