Defending Cambridgeshire: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to Present - Brossura

Osborne, Mike

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0752493302 ISBN 13: 9780752493305

Casa editrice: The History Press, 2013

Riassunto

Throughout history, Cambridgeshire has figured in the conflicts shaping our nation. Doomed Roman legionaries marched from Longthorpe to defeat by Boudicca’s Iceni; Saxons and Danes fought over the edges of the Danelaw; the Normans came this way to crush Hereward’s Fenland resistance; in the Civil War it provided the defended frontier between Parliamentarian and Royalist; in the twentieth century its flat expanses provided airfields for the RFC and later for the bombers of the RAF and USAAF, and in the Cold War, locations for missile bases. Many of these events have left evidence on the ground, and this book describes the function and purpose of these defensive structures and records survivals.

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L'autore:

Mike Osborne is a volunteer coordinator for the Defence of Britain Project. He is the author of Defending Britain, Defending Hampshire, Defending Lincolnshire, and Defending London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: The History Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0752493302
• ISBN 13: 9780752493305
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224