British Fortifications, 1485-1945

British Fortifications, 1485-1945

Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-07-20

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1476689717

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This book details British fortifications used from the Tudor period beginning in 1485 through the end of World War II in 1945. With the advent of firearms, the Tudor period indeed opened a new chapter in the histories of Britain, fortification and warfare. By 1500 AD, Britain and Europe at large entered a new phase, marked by the foundation of colonial empires and a broadened sphere of influence and rule. During the following centuries, British sailors, ruthless adventurers, fighting men, and greedy merchants laid foundations to fortify the most widespread and most prosperous colonial Empire the world had ever seen. This text focuses on British coastal fortifications and on combinations of fortresses used for more general strategic purposes. Featured structures have protected points of vital importance, such as capital cities, military depots, ports, harbors and dockyards at essential locations in Britain and throughout the British Empire.


The British Army Reference for Ulysses Scholars

The British Army Reference for Ulysses Scholars

Author: Peter L. Fishback

Publisher: F.F. Simulations, Inc.

Published: 2020-11-11

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1735352519

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This is the first volume of a two volume work entitled The British Army on Bloomsday. It contains a history of the British Army through 1904 with an emphasis on Ireland and Irish history. Includes extensive, detailed material on commissioned and enlisted life during the Late-Victorian Era (especially for Irish soldiers), the Irish Militia, the armies of the British East India Company, and a description of the British Army of 1904. The book's subject matter is viewed through the lens of James Joyce's Ulysses with multiple references to material in the novel. The book gives the serious Ulysses reader full background information on the military events and characters that appear throughout Joyce's groundbreaking and most popular novel. While this volume focuses on the British Army, the second volume, The British Army in Ulysses, narrows in on the novel. The chapters on Molly Bloom and her father, Major Tweedy, present new findings that will likely provoke controversy among Joyceans.


Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History

Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History

Author: Austin Gee

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780198204909

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The Royal Historical Society's Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of books and articles on historical topics published in a single calendar year. The volume covers all periods of British and Irish history from Roman Britain to the late twentieth century, and also includes a section on imperial and commonwealth history. It is the most complete and up-to-date bibliography of its type, and an indispensable tool for historians.


Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, with the Officers ...

Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, with the Officers ...

Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

Publisher:

Published: 1915

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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"This calendar is No. 2 of the Calendars of the Washington Manuscripts. It covers Washington's correspondence with the military and naval officers of every rank of Continental and State troops, the French auxiliaries, foreign ministers and agents, and officers in the British service. It should be used in connection with Calendar No. 1 (The Correspondence of George Washington with the Continental Congress. Washington: 1906), entries from which are occasionally duplicated for convenience of reference"--Prefatory note


The Military Heritage of Britain & Ireland

The Military Heritage of Britain & Ireland

Author: Martin Marix Evans

Publisher: Andre Deutsch

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This is an updated guide to the military sites around Britain and Ireland where the great events of history took place. It includes sites from the distant prehistoric past, through two World Wars, to the tensions and intrigues of the Cold War.


Towers of Strength

Towers of Strength

Author: William H. Clements

Publisher: Leo Cooper Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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One British reponse to the threat of Napoleon was to ring the English coasts with a series of heavily fortified observation towers. While 43 towers survive in the British Isles, the most famous and the most frequently visited is the one outside Dublin at Sandycove, now a a major James Joyce museum. Canadian towers and American towers inspired by the British ones are also covered in detail.