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After the Royal Navy laid extensive and deep minefields around Britain’
In 1945, the Allies were ready with a daring amphibious operation to liberate Jersey and Guernsey by force
Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has led to shuttered shipyards, ailing fishing fleets and impoverished coastal towns
Our pick of the latest military history books
ORTONA, ITALY 20-27 DECEMBER 1943
The jungle warfare in the Far East was both a tactical and political challenge for British forces in WWII
Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them