Stenigot Radar Station
It was part of the Chain Home radar network, intended to provide long range early warning for raids from Luftflotte V and the northern elements of Luftflotte II along the approaches to Sheffield and Nottingham and the central midlands. After …
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Pingley POW Camp
Pingley POW (prisoner of war) camp is one of the few prisoner of war camps in the United Kingdom that remains in good condition. Unlike the relatively nearby Eden Camp which is preserved as a WW2 museum, Pingley Camp lays …
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Fort Southwick UGHQ
Fort Southwick was the Under Ground HQ (UGHQ) for Operation Overlord which was the codename for the Normandy invasion on D-Day. Operation Overlord still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel …
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Donna Nook Range
Donna Nook is a NATO air weapons bombing range on the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, north of the village of North Somercotes. The area is salt marsh, and is used by the numerous Royal Air Force bases in Lincolnshire …
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Coulsdon Shelter
This is the remains of Coulsdon deep level air raid shelter. They were built by London County Council during WWII. Since the war the shelter had a number of uses, from manufacturing lenses for telescopes and by a local garage.
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