Secret Britain : a journey through the Second World War's hidden bases and battlegrounds
McKay, Sinclair2021
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From the outset of the war, most of Britain felt like a mystery even to those who lived there. All road and railway signs were removed up and down the country to thwart potential enemy spies. An invisible web of cunning spread across the United Kingdom; secret laboratories were hidden in marshes, underground bases were built to conceal key strategic plans and grand country houses became secret and silent locations for eccentric boffins to do their confidential cryptography work. In this book, Sinclair McKay maps out the UK through the hidden bases and battlegrounds of WWII. Journeying through secret wildernesses, suburbs, underground tunnels and manor houses, Sinclair gives a glimpse into the stories of the incredible people behind the war effort, and shows how you might be able to visit these mysterious and evocative locations yourself.
Main title:
Author:
McKay, Sinclair, author
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2021.
Collation:
xv, 302 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781472284532 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.548641940.548940.5486
LC class:
D759
Local class:
940.548
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2924869
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