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The Battlefields That Nearly Were: Defended England 1940 - Hardcover

William Foot

 
9780752438498: The Battlefields That Nearly Were: Defended England 1940

Synopsis

Between June 1940 and the spring of 1941 Britain - particularly south-east England - was covered by a vast system of anti-invasion defences. The legacy of these defences can still be seen across the landscape - anti-tank gun emplacements, pillboxes, spigot mortars, coastal gun batteries, anti-tank blocks and anti-tank ditches. During his fieldwork for a two-year English Heritage/Council for British Archaeology project, the author made 20 journeys throughout the south-east, central south and east of England. This book is a personal record of his discoveries, which will not only inform and entertain the reader but contains a great deal of information on how to make similar discoveries on ones own.

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About the Author

Tim Darvill is Professor of Archaeology in the School of Conservation Sciences, University of Bournemouth. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Prehistoric Britain (Batsford 1987, Routledge 1998) and Long Barrows of the Cotswolds (Tempus 2004).

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