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A British soldier on a beach in Southern England, 7 October 1940. Detail from a pillbox embrasure.. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.
Two Men in a Trench II: Uncovering the Secrets of British Battlefields. Michael Joseph. ISBN 978-0-7181-4594-1. Ruddy, Austin (2003). British Anti-Invasion Defences 1940–1945. Historic Military Press. ISBN 1-901313-20-4. White, John Baker (1955). The Big Lie. Evans Brothers. Wills, Henry (1985). Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences. Leo Cooper.
British anti-invasion preparations of 1803–05 were the military and civilian responses in the United Kingdom to Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom. They included mobilization of the population on a scale not previously attempted in Britain, with a combined military force of over 615,000 in December 1803. [ 1 ]
About 28,000 pillboxes and other hardened field fortifications were constructed in Britain in 1940 as part of the British anti-invasion preparations of World War II ...
The Tett turret is a type of hardened field fortification built in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940–1941. [1] It was a small circular pillbox named after its inventor H.L. Tett and manufactured as a private commercial venture by Burbridge Builders Ltd of Surrey.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 17:07, 31 January 2013: 769 × 800 (67 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''Invasion Build-up- Preparations For the D-day Landings, UK, 1944''<br/> Women of the ATS check vehicle in an Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot, somewhere in Britain, in preparation for the opening of the Second Front.}...
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