Island Fortress: The Defence of Great Britain, 1603-1945

by NormanLongmate (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.25

  Written by the author of The Real Dad's Army , Air Raid , The Bombers , The Doodlebugs and If Britain had Fallen , this second volume completes the account of the defence of Britain and particularly of England against invasion. It covers the threats to Britain from the period after the Armada to the fall of Hitler, covering such topics as Jacobite invasion and a 19th century Channel tunnel.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $4.20

  The British Isles, it is often believed, have not been invaded for nearly 1000 years. A sequel to Defending the Island , this book reveals that foreign soldiers have landed on British soil on many occasions. Until well within living memory, barely a decade passed without fears of an attack on the homeland. In the 17th century the threats came from the Dutch and later from the French; in the 18th century, from the French, the Americans and the Spanish. In Edwardian times, a new potential enemy replaced France, and Longmate covers the threats from the Germans throughout the first half of the 20th century, showing how the British have managed to retain their freedom.