Britain Under Shellfire

Frank Illingworth

ISBN 10: 1474535798 / ISBN 13: 9781474535793

Published by Naval and Military Press, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Britain Under Shellfire
• Publisher: Naval and Military Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474535798
• ISBN 13: 9781474535793
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 12.7W x 0.38H x 17.78D centimeters 12.7 centimeters width by 0.38 centimeters height by 17.78 centimeters depth
• Weight: 68 grams

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Synopsis

The town of Dover was in the crosshairs for much of the war; this work covers the time when a cross-channel invasion of the British Isles was a very real threat. The narrative focuses in anecdotal style on the effect the long-range German bombardment had on the civilian population.

By September 1940, nine German batteries had been established on the French coast facing Dover, and led to this stretch of the Channel being nicknamed Hellfire Corner and to 3,059 alerts, 216 civilian deaths and damage to 10,056 premises in the Dover area.

The Strait of Dover was strategically important because it is the narrowest part of the English Channel. Batteries in France attacked shipping as well as bombarding the coastal towns and military installations.