Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58887 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 480 pages

Synopsis
Drawing upon original documents and first-hand accounts, this text tells the story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences on the home front during World War II: in the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, and the Luftwaffe's cruel campaigns against cathedral cities and coastal resorts. Commissioned to support English Heritage's initiatives to preserve England's wartime remains, this book is also a study of the everyday places where the battle was fought. Thousands of gun batteries were built during the war and by exploring their design and patterning, the book offers a new perspective of Britain's defence geography and rediscovers the sites which were home to hundreds of thousands of men and, controversially, women. As the second volume in the series "Monuments of War" it makes a powerful case for selected examples to be preserved as historical monuments.

Customer Reviews

What an Excellent book!!
This truly is an excellent book! The most detailed book on the history of overlooked force that played a key part in the defence of this country during WW2. Packed with the best history of AA Command, direct from the records, there are top archaeological drawings of AA positions etc and great photos too. There is a very good appendix listing all the heavy AA gunsites in Britain too. This book is basically the same as the 1950's thick official histories of WW2. So recommend you get this - you won't be disappointed, I assure you!!!