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Second World War Secret Bunkers
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Author : Nick McCamley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-01
Second World War Secret Bunkers written by Nick McCamley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with categories.
Britain S Secret Defences
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Author : Andrew Chatterton
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Britain S Secret Defences written by Andrew Chatterton and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with History categories.
The first full history of the highly trained and ruthless civilian volunteers secretly trained across Britain to be deployed in the case of a German invasion. The narrative surrounding Britain’s anti-invasion forces has often centered on ‘Dad’s Army’-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different. Top-secret, highly trained and ruthless civilian volunteers were being recruited as early as the summer of 1940. Had the Germans attempted an invasion they would have been countered by saboteurs and guerrilla fighters emerging from secret bunkers, and monitored by swathes of spies and observers who would have passed details on via runners, wireless operators and ATS women in disguised bunkers. Alongside these secret forces, the Home Guard were also setting up their own ‘guerrilla groups’, and SIS (MI6) were setting up post-occupation groups of civilians – including teenagers – to act as sabotage cells, wireless operators, and assassins had the Nazis taken control of the country. The civilians involved in these groups understood the need for absolute secrecy and their commitment to keeping quiet meant that most went to their grave without ever telling anyone of their role, not even their closest family members. There has been no official and little public recognition of what these dedicated men and women were willing to do for their country in its hour of need, and after over 80 years of silence the time has come to highlight their remarkable role.
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers
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Author : Nick McCamley
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-05-31
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers written by Nick McCamley and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-31 with History categories.
“Draws on previously classified documents to reveal the sums spent on underground shelters for British and American leaders during the Cold War.” —Publishers Weekly Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers tells the previously undisclosed story of the secret defence structures built by the West during the Cold War years. Author Nick McCamley reveals the various bunkers built for the U.S. Administration, including the Raven Rock alternate war headquarters (the Pentagon’s wartime hideout), the Greenbrier bunker for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Mount Weather central government headquarter, as well as developments in Canadas and extensive coverage of the UK, including the London bunkers and Regional War rooms built in the 1950s to protect against Soviet threat. The book examines the provision, (or more accurately, lack of provision), of shelter space for the general population, comparing the situation in the USA and the UK with some other European countries and with the Soviet Union. McCamley also provides in fascinating detail the vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian Islands through Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centered upon an enormous secret control center buried hundreds of feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented in the United Kingdom with a chain of secret radars codenamed ‘Rotor’ built in the early 1950’s, and eight huge, inland sector control centers, built over 100’ underground at enormous cost. Also included is the UK Warning and Monitoring Organization with its underground bunkers and observation posts, as well as the little known bunkers built by the various local authorities and public utilities.
The Secret Bunker
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Author : Eddy Van Driel
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2023-07-19
The Secret Bunker written by Eddy Van Driel and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-19 with categories.
An action thriller in which a retired policeman (read: Eddy) emigrates to Alderney, a small island that is part of the Channel Islands and where this policeman is confronted with cases from the past and the present day. Retired police officer Eddy van Driel was born in 1953 in Rotterdam-Charlois. Around 1996 he started writing fictional adventures that always concern the First and/or the Second World War. Why about those wars? Since 1980, he has been developing himself as an independent Second World War researcher. Thanks in particular to conversations with people who actually experienced this war, he can now pass on this knowledge to the next generation. His previous book, A Heavy Burden On Young Shoulders, was published in 2012 by publishing house U2pi. This book records the war experiences of thirty children from the Rijnmond area. He has also provided interviews for books by fellow writers such as Heijplaat In Verzet and Surviving Under A Different Order for the Police Academy. During the very stressful corona pandemic, it was not possible to visit archives and do research. Going on holiday was also not convenient at that time. In order to be able to go on holiday as a pensioner, there was only one option left: going on holiday in a book! 'I visited Alderney Island in 1996 and 2004. Alderney is part of the British Channel Islands which were occupied by the Germans in 1940 and turned into impregnable fortresses. The occupation lasted until the German capitulation in 1945 and the many bunkers were left behind. My previous visits to this island and my knowledge about the Second World War formed the basis for a fictional action thriller in which I emigrate to this island as a retired police officer and soon find out that not everything is all right. Once again I find myself in a situation where I have to resolve issues from the past and the present.
Secret Underground Cities
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Author : Nicholas J. McCamley
language : en
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
Release Date : 1998
Secret Underground Cities written by Nicholas J. McCamley and has been published by Leo Cooper Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
History of the vast underground arsenals, factories and bunkers built by the British government during WWII and the new uses found for them.
Underground Structures Of The Cold War
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Author : Paul Ozorak
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2012-04-30
Underground Structures Of The Cold War written by Paul Ozorak and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-30 with History categories.
“A vivid reminder of the ever-present threat of a global apocalypse that formed the backdrop to the Cold War. This is an excellent book.” —History of War Medieval castles, the defensive systems of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trenches and bunkers of the First World War, the great citadels of the Second World War—all these have been described in depth. But the fortifications of the Cold War—the hidden forts of the nuclear age—have not been catalogued and studied in the same way. Paul Ozorak’s Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below fills the gap. After the devastation caused by the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the outbreak of the Cold War, all over the world shelters were constructed deep underground for civilians, government leaders and the military. Wartime structures were taken over and adapted and thousands of men went to work drilling new tunnels and constructing bunkers of every possible size. At the height of the Cold War, in some countries an industry of bunker-makers profited from the public’s fear of annihilation. Paul Ozorak describes when and where these bunkers were built, and records what has become of them. He explains how they would have been used if a nuclear war had broken out, and in the case of weapons bases, he shows how these weapons would have been deployed. His account covers every sort of facility—public shelters, missile sites, command and communication centers, storage depots, hospitals. A surprising amount of information has appeared in the media about these places since the end of the Cold War, and Paul Ozorak’s book takes full advantage of it.
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers
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Author : Nick McCamley
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-05-31
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers written by Nick McCamley and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-31 with History categories.
"Nuclear Bunkers" tells the previously undisclosed story of the secret defence structures built by the West during the Cold War years. The book describes in fascinating detail a vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian islands through Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centred upon an enormous secret control centre buried hundreds of feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented in the United Kingdom with a chain of secret radars codenamed 'Rotor' built in the early 1950's, and eight huge, inland sector control centres, built over 100' underground at enormous cost. The book reveals the various bunkers built for the U.S Administration, including the Raven Rock alternate war headquarters (the Pentagon's wartime hideout), the Greenbrier bunker for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Mount Weather central government headquarters amongst others. Developments in Canada, including the Ottawa 'Diefenbunker' and the regional government bunkers are also studied. In the UK there were the London bunkers and the Regional War rooms built in the 1950's to protect against the Soviet threat, and their replacement in 1958 by much more hardened, underground Regional Seats of Government in the provinces, and the unique Central Government War Headquarters at Corsham. Also included in the UK coverage is the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation with its underground bunkers and observation posts, as well as the little known bunkers built by the various local authorities and by the public utilities. Finally the book examines the provision, (or more accurately, lack of provision), of shelter space for the general population, comparing the situation in the USA and the UK with some other European countries and with the Soviet Union.
Secret Wartime Britain
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Author : Colin Philpott
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-11-30
Secret Wartime Britain written by Colin Philpott and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-30 with History categories.
The secret military facilities hidden across Great Britain are revealed and investigated in this fascinating WWII history. During the Second World War, thousands of facilities across Britain were requisitioned to support the war efforts. Beyond that, countless others were built from scratch. Often the purpose of these locations was a closely guarded secret, even from those living close by. In Secret Wartime Britain, Colin Philpott has compiled a fascinating collection of sites that still exist in some form today. They include underground factories, storage sites and headquarters; spy and communication centers; interrogation and POW camps; dummy sites; research facilities such as the sinister Porton Down; treasure stores in stately homes and even royal retreats in the event of invasion, such as Madresfield Court. Where were these sites and why were they needed? How successfully were they kept secret? What has happened to them since? Were they returned to their owners? Answers to these and other questions make Secret Wartime Britain a riveting and revealing read.
Sisters At War
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Author : Clare Flynn
language : en
Publisher: Cranbrook Press
Release Date : 2021-03-18
Sisters At War written by Clare Flynn and has been published by Cranbrook Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-18 with Fiction categories.
Lose yourself in this heartbreaking page-turner about the everyday bravery of ordinary people during wartime. 1940 Liverpool. Not long married, Hannah and Will Kidd are forced apart by the war. Merchant seaman Will faces the threat of German U-boats as his convoy carries vital food, raw materials and munitions from North America to war-torn Britain. Hannah lives in constant fear for his safety. When Will brings his Italian friend Paolo Tornabene home to meet Hannah, Hannah’s seventeen-year-old sister Judith falls head-over-heels in love. Their love is put to the test when Mussolini declares war on Britain. Judith’s sweetheart is now classed as an enemy alien. Each sister wants only to be with the man she loves but, as the war progresses, the dangers Will faces at sea escalate. With Paolo now a prisoner, tensions between the sisters boil over. A From heavily blitzed World War 2 Liverpool to the terrors of the North Atlantic and the scorched plains of Australia, Sisters at War will bring tears to your eyes and joy to your heart. Topics : World War 2, Liverpool, Australia, the Liverpool Blitz, British war on the home front, the Battle of the Atlantic, England in WW2, the British merchant navy in WW2, Catholicism, Wrens, submarines, U-boats, war at sea, shipwrecks, torpedo attacks, bombings, Italians in WW2, Italian civilians sent to POW camps, the Arandora Star, the Dunera, Dunera Boys, Victoria internment camps, Tatura, New South Wales, Western Approaches, Winston Churchill, Royal Navy, death at sea, marriage, love story, romantic fiction, historical fiction, historical romance, historical novel, twentieth century love story, 20th century romance, sailor's wife, WVS, women in second world war, love, strong heroine, sisters, family strife, sisterly love, sisterly jealousy, saga, romantic family saga, romantic suspense, romance books, historical books, historical novel, wartime fiction, war, air raids, Nazi Germany, Hitler, Dunkirk, life in the Blitz, family life, marital tensions, illegitimate child, unexpected pregnancy, falling in love, coping with bereavement, emigration, life in Australia, book set in Liverpool, the Pier Head, the Mersey, Birkenhead, A Greater World, Storms Gather Between Us, Perfect for fans of Ann Bennett, Lucinda Riley, Dinah Jefferies, Victoria Hislop, Marius Gabriel, Tracy Chevalier, Fiona Valpy, Deborah Swift, Jenny Ashcroft, Petra Durst-Benning, Nicola Cornick, Janet MacLeod Trotter, Jean Grainger, Marion Kummerow, Kate Furnivall, Kristin Hannah. Sharon Maas, Anna Jacobs, Helen Carey, Catherine Hokin, Sarah Lark, Tania Crosse, Rhys Bowen, Angela Petch, Hazel Gaynor, Jean Fullerton, Katie Flynn, Maureen Lee, Helen Forrester, Nadine Dorries, Elizabeth Murphy, Pam Howes, Lyn Andrews, Ann Baker, Ruth Hamilton, Annie Groves
Secrets Of The Second World War
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Author : Григорий Абрамович Деборин
language : en
Publisher: Moscow : Progress Publishers
Release Date : 1971
Secrets Of The Second World War written by Григорий Абрамович Деборин and has been published by Moscow : Progress Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.