After Dunkirk (4/6/40) there was an obvious and urgent requirement to put the country into a state of defence as quickly as possible, and the result was the construction of stoplines. Stoplines are usually broken down into three categories: a. Coastal fortifications, b. The G.H.Q. Line, and c. Secondary stoplines […]
Tim Denton
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The basis of this article is Camouflage Military Training Pamphlet No 46: Field Defences 1941 It is intended to show the official line and from personal experience in the South West contrast this with the actual methods used by the military `on the spot` as it were. The ‘positive’ knowledge […]
Pillboxes During May 1940 the branch of the Directorate of Fortifications and Works (FW3) at the War Office was set up under the Directorship of Major-General G.B.O. Taylor. It’s purpose was to provide specific pillbox designs to be constructed throughout the countryside at defensive locations. During June and July 1940 […]