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Monday, 20 July 2026
The Bristol Channel Squids (1943-1949)
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In a previous post I wrote about the 'Hedgehog' anti-submarine weapon which was conceived and developed by the Department of Miscel...
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
The Hedgehogs of Birnbeck Pier (1941-45)
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Of the one hundred and twenty five projects undertaken by the Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (DMWD) during the course of th...
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
The Shinagawa Batteries, Tokyo Bay (1853-1868)
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On holiday in Japan earlier this year, I found myself gazing out of an upper floor window of one of the new international hotels built on t...
Monday, 1 June 2026
Bouncing Bombs on Brean Down (1943)
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On the tip of Brean Down, a rocky promontory projecting out into the Bristol Channel from the North Somerset coast, there are a large number...
Thursday, 14 May 2026
The Fall of Singapore (February 1942)
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Earlier this year my wife and I spent a few days in Singapore on the beautiful resort island of Sentosa, which is linked to the mainland by...
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