History GCSE
port and industrial centre
What port and industrial centre means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of port and industrial centre
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London's role as a major port and vital industrial centre, which made its destruction intended to cripple the British war effort.
Topics that use port and industrial centre
- Option 12: The historic environment - 1 London and the Second World War, 1939–45 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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