Quotes About Coastal defense

But Hall was not stopping there. The next stage was for him and Drake to send false reports back, using the names of spies who had actually been arrested – a technique that was perfected in the Second World War – to give the impression that they had uncovered military preparations to invade the German coast in Schleswig-Holstein. The purpose was to force the enemy fleet out to defend their coast.

Zeeland coastal towns of Flushing and Sluys against the Spanish, to

and send a big proportion to the minesweepers. Mrs Godden, the antique shop owner, says the two pleasure steamers, which used to call at Worthing, are now minesweeping.

people were once again becoming alarmed at the sight of viking sails.

The hostile shore facing the British stretched now from the Friesian Islands in the north

The meeting gave the green light for construction of eighty-one Martello towers