WW2 pillbox at Swyre overlooking Chesil Beach - geograph.org.uk - 887050.jpg
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English: WW2 pillbox at Swyre overlooking Chesil Beach This is a type FW3/22 pillbox originally constructed in 1940 as part of the Dorset coastal defences. The earliest draft of Operation Sealion included landings in Lyme Bay. These were later shelved at the behest of the German Navy due to the logistical problems of crossing the Channel as much shorter passages for invasion craft existed to the east. Fortunately, the invasion never came.... |
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| Author | Roger Davies |
| Attribution (required by the licence) | Roger Davies / WW2 pillbox at Swyre overlooking Chesil Beach / |
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This image was taken from the Geograph GB & Eire project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Roger Davies, and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 license.
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