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Scapa Flow - The Defenses of Britain's Great Fleet Anchorage, 1914-45

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Fortress - World War I & II

Last Stocked on 9/16/2019

Product Info

Title
Scapa Flow - The Defenses of Britain's Great Fleet Anchorage, 1914-45
Publisher
Category
Author
Angus Konstam
Publish Year
2009
Pages
64
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147407227
MFG. Part #
OSPFOR085
Type
Softcover
Series
FOR85

Description

A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain’s main fleet anchorage 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 integrated defensive network of its kind in Europe, manned by as many as 50,000 Commonwealth troops. Backed by newly commissioned artwork, naval historian Angus Konstam tells the story of this mighty naval fortress, many pieces of which can still be seen on the island today.