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Thorpe Thewles - Pillbox
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Thorpe Thewles - Pillbox
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Thorpe Thewles - Pillbox
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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The Thorpe Thewles Pillboxes
- "To the northeast and south of Thorpe Thewles (see Figure 1) are three largely forgotten remnants of the regions World War II anti-invasion defences. These take the form of re-enforced …
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Pillboxes
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Pillboxes
- Pillboxes were heavily protected, reinforced concrete defensive positions designed to house infantry and light artillery. Over 20,000 built in Britain during the Second World War, under the threat of invasion, …

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