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Scapa FlowThe defences of Britain’s great fleet anchorage 1914–45
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Angus Konstam, Peter Dennis

A compact history charting the development of this natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Britain's most important naval base 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…

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1 online resource (64 pages)
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