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Scapa Flow: The defences of Britain’s great fleet anchorage 1914–45
Angus Konstam
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Description for Scapa Flow: The defences of Britain’s great fleet anchorage 1914–45
Paperback. A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. In 1914 and again in 1939, the British began building a comprehensive defensive network by fortifying the entrances to Scapa Flow, and then extended these defenses to cover most of Orkney. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Fortress. Num Pages: 64 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JWF; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 214.
A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. In 1914 and again in 1939, the British began building a comprehensive defensive network by fortifying the entrances to Scapa Flow, and then extended these defenses to cover most of Orkney. By 1940, it had become an island fortress, the largest integrated defensive network of its kind in Europe, manned by as many as 50,000 Commonwealth troops.
A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. In 1914 and again in 1939, the British began building a comprehensive defensive network by fortifying the entrances to Scapa Flow, and then extended these defenses to cover most of Orkney. By 1940, it had become an island fortress, the largest integrated defensive network of its kind in Europe, manned by as many as 50,000 Commonwealth troops.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Series
Fortress
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846033667
SKU
V9781846033667
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About Angus Konstam
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney. Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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