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Military History => Gun Batteries => Topic started by: grandarog on August 05, 2022, 10:38:01 AM

Title: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
Post by: grandarog on August 05, 2022, 10:38:01 AM

Article .
         National Trust conservation project reveals Second World War gun battery atop the White Cliffs of Dover (kentonline.co.uk) (https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/a-time-capsule-from-the-darkest-days-of-the-war-271413/?fbclid=IwAR3rGJkyVd6rEATjKuFbELkyFdNtkpQ5A6eKP_DzM9ozW6XMzrQD9XANPxs)

Title: Re: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
Post by: John Walker on August 08, 2022, 06:36:00 PM

That should make an interesting visit once opened.  Some further info on the various batteries around Dover and St Margaret's Bay is on this link.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Strait_coastal_guns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Strait_coastal_guns)

Title: Re: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
Post by: Nemo on November 13, 2022, 08:35:28 AM

https://flickr.com/search/?text=Wanstone%20farm (https://flickr.com/search/?text=Wanstone%20farm)

Title: Re: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
Post by: castle261 on November 13, 2022, 05:34:21 PM

On a programme just recently - it stated the Germans in War 11 - were building a super gun - with a shell that could reach London.
A rumour started just after the war - that shell fragments were found in the Maidstone area - that could not be explained.
Can any Maidstone people throw any light on this rumour ? ( It could have been a gas explosion - that explained it )