Pillboxes and Tank Traps

by Bernard Lowry

A concise, illustrated guide to these Second World War defences scattered across the British landscape. With invasion a very real threat, in 1940 Great Britain began a huge military construction programme designed to stop an invading army in its tracks. Around vulnerable coastlines, and inland, thousands of pillboxes, anti-tank barriers and other obstacles were erected to defend against attacks from sea and sky. Though many of these structures were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747813566
• ISBN13: 9780747813569
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.1"