A Piece of Coastal Crust
The Origins of a Second World War Defence Landscape at Walberswick, Suffolk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9880892 |
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| Authors | Robert Liddiard (0009-0005-6944-3971, University of East Anglia, corresponding author), David Sims (0000-0001-5038-0855, University of East Anglia) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 327 |
| Pages | 402-430 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2648 • E-ISSN: 1468-229X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-229x.2012.00555.x |
| OpenAlex | W1890834513 |
| Language | EN |
The fortification of the British coastline under threat of German invasion is a neglected dimension of the Second World War. While the various national defence programmes enacted during the conflict are well known, the mechanisms by which these schemes were actually established are poorly understood. This article sheds new light on the origins of Britain's coastal ‘crust’ via a case study of Walberswick in Suffolk. It demonstrates that the defences erected during the invasion crisis of 1940 were as much a product of local decisions made on the ground as they were of top‐down planning
Ancient history · Archaeology · Crust · Geography · Archaeological Research and Protection · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Paleontology
| Highly cited | No |
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