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Offline castle261

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Re: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
« Reply #4 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 )


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Re: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2022, 08:35:28 AM »

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Re: Wanstone Battery ,Dover.
« Reply #2 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

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