OPERATION OVERLORD: FROM DUNKIRK TO VE DAY - 'GATEWAY TO VICTORY FILMED AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
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A detailed and comprehensive account of the Port of Southampton from the Phoney War to VE Day. Southampton was the 'springboard' for Operation Overlord although because of the secrecy at the time it is not usually included in the conventional narrative of the time.
It was also the seventh heaviest bombed city in Britain. It was considered an obvious target; it was Britain's Number One Military Port, and the home of Spitfire production. Therefore, Southampton's air-raid precautions were advanced and preparations in the borough were intensive. The first blackout exercise in England was staged in Southampton in June 1937, and the town was well provided with shelters. The historic Bargate, and many of the town's 600 year old underground vaults were utilized as bomb shelters.
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Видео OPERATION OVERLORD: FROM DUNKIRK TO VE DAY - 'GATEWAY TO VICTORY FILMED AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS канала SOUTHAMPTON ON D-DAY
A detailed and comprehensive account of the Port of Southampton from the Phoney War to VE Day. Southampton was the 'springboard' for Operation Overlord although because of the secrecy at the time it is not usually included in the conventional narrative of the time.
It was also the seventh heaviest bombed city in Britain. It was considered an obvious target; it was Britain's Number One Military Port, and the home of Spitfire production. Therefore, Southampton's air-raid precautions were advanced and preparations in the borough were intensive. The first blackout exercise in England was staged in Southampton in June 1937, and the town was well provided with shelters. The historic Bargate, and many of the town's 600 year old underground vaults were utilized as bomb shelters.
@Go_Southampton @southampton2025 @sotonbloggers @SeaCityMuseum
@ght_soton @SouthamptonCC @UniSotonLibrary @SotonLibraries @SotonStories
Видео OPERATION OVERLORD: FROM DUNKIRK TO VE DAY - 'GATEWAY TO VICTORY FILMED AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS канала SOUTHAMPTON ON D-DAY
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