Have you ever walked along a beach and wondered about the reason behind the large concrete blocks or bits of rusting metal emerging from the shingle?
Recent storms and shifting sands have exposed various World War Two sea defences at sites in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Today, the East Anglian coast is a largely peaceful sight, but from summer 1940 it was a place of frenzied construction.
"It was frantic throughout July, August and September in 1940, as they constructed defences as fast as they could to block an invasion all along the UK coast," said Dave Thurlow, who works at the RSPB reserve north of Sizewell in Suffolk.
Very little had been done to build defences around the United Kingdom until after the British Expeditionary Force was forced to evacuate from the beaches of Dunkirk.
Recent storms and shifting sands have exposed various World War Two sea defences at sites in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Today, the East Anglian coast is a largely peaceful sight, but from summer 1940 it was a place of frenzied construction.
"It was frantic throughout July, August and September in 1940, as they constructed defences as fast as they could to block an invasion all along the UK coast," said Dave Thurlow, who works at the RSPB reserve north of Sizewell in Suffolk.
Very little had been done to build defences around the United Kingdom until after the British Expeditionary Force was forced to evacuate from the beaches of Dunkirk.
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