During The Second world war, the threat of invasion was a risk. Due to this, preparations were made for ground attacks on the United Kingdom, whether small scale or a full-scale invasion. These preparations were from the local to the national. For most people their minds are immediately drawn to the BBC sit com Dad’sContinueContinue reading “Home Defence of the North East – Part 2 – Land Defence”
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The War hits Home – The Bombardment of Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby.
The general presumption in the years leading up to the First World War, was that those that soldiers left behind in the United Kingdom to go to war, would be far from the conflict and danger. But with the changes in how wars were fought in the First World War and technological innovations before theContinueContinue reading “The War hits Home – The Bombardment of Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby.”
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