British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were...
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Britain Military production during World War II Military structures British hardened field defences of World War II GHQ Stop Line Taunton Stop Line Political...
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against truck bombs. London History of London List of fortifications British hardened field defences of World War II Security for the 2012 Summer Olympics...
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city fortifications British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War British hardened field defences of World War II Castle of Bouka, Preveza, Greece...
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GHQ Line (category British World War II defensive lines)
of Chelmsford along the Chelmer Valley and towards Great Dunmow. British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of...
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Taunton Stop Line (category British World War II defensive lines)
British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II GHQ Line Coquet Stop Line Outer London Defence Ring...
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Buoy anti-tank obstacle (category Use British English from October 2010)
pair of buoys formed a wheeled axle. A surviving example in Farnham, Surrey British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences...
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...
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The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air...
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Fort Henry, Dorset (category World War II sites in England)
shallow water. The remains of the tanks were protected as a scheduled monument in 2019. British hardened field defences of World War II Historic England (30...
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pillboxes and other hardened field fortifications were constructed in the United Kingdom of which about 6,500 still survive. Some defences were disguised and...
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Blockhouse (category Use British English from November 2014)
1, New York City Block House (Delaware) British hardened field defences of World War II - Pillbox Caponier Casemate Chartaque Chardak Fort King George...
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Maginot Line (category World War II defensive lines)
detailing the debacle. Atlantic Wall Bar Lev Line British hardened field defences of World War II Ceintures de Lyon Commission for Organising the Fortified...
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on 1 September 1939, starting World War II. The Soviets invaded eastern Poland on 17 September. Following the Winter War with Finland, the Soviets were...
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Admiralty scaffolding (category United Kingdom home front during World War II)
occasionally revealed by storms. British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II "Beach Scaffolding". Online...
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outbreak of World War II in 1939. Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. In August...
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Ringwood West Line (category British World War II defensive lines)
anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II Taunton Stop Line GHQ Line Outer London Defence Ring Bridgwater and Taunton...
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Netherthorpe Airfield (category Use British English from May 2013)
defences were upgraded with six type 22 pill boxes (see British hardened field defences of World War II) built around the airfield perimeter along with slit...
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Coquet Stop Line (category British World War II defensive lines)
British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II Taunton Stop Line GHQ Line Outer London Defence Ring...
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Type 29, a British civil utility biplane Peugeot Type 29, an automobile made by Peugeot Type 29, a British hardened field defence of World War II Class 29...
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This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II in 1941, marked also by the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern...
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Flame fougasse (category World War II weapons of the United Kingdom)
preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II Improvised explosive device Lagonda flamethrower List of flamethrowers Molotov cocktail...
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during World War I (1914–1918) reflected a trend toward industrialism and the application of mass-production methods to weapons and to the technology of warfare...
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Chelmsford (redirect from Municipal Borough of Chelmsford)
centre, Springfield, and Moulsham. The GHQ Line part of the British hardened field defences of World War II runs directly through Chelmsford with many pillboxes...
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Bison concrete armoured lorry (category World War II armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom)
fighting vehicle Bedford OXA Standard Beaverette British hardened field defences of World War II The spelling of Mathews name varies in sources, but a single...
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was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was...
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Canadian pipe mine (category World War II military equipment of the United Kingdom)
explosion. Bangalore torpedo British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War British hardened field defences of World War II Camouflet McNaughton quoted...
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Hugo Sperrle (category Luftwaffe World War II field marshals)
a German military aviator in World War I and a Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Sperrle joined the Imperial...
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Norcon pillbox (category World War II military equipment of the United Kingdom)
prospered after the end of hostilities. British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II "Pillbox (Type CP/6/40/111)"...
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Operation Banquet (category Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
never been put into effect. British anti-invasion preparations of World War II British hardened field defences of World War II Cox 1975, p. 149. Lewis 1980...
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