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• CIVIL DEFENCE - BRITAIN'S WARTIME DEFENCES, 1940

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR PRESS AGENCY PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  A signpost in Surrey being dismantled as part of a campaign to remove everything which may prove of value to the enemy, should invasion occur.

• A Road Barricade in Northamptonshire

  (art) Made by: Rothenstein, Michael 1941

  image: a country road stretches off into the distance. In the ditch at the side of the road is a wrecked car entangled with some agricultural machinery and scrap metal.

• BRITAIN'S WARTIME DEFENCES 1940

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR PRESS AGENCY PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Agency photographer

  Anti-invasion defences: digging tank traps on a golf course.

• BRITAIN'S WARTIME DEFENCES 1940

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR PRESS AGENCY PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Press Agency photographer

  Anti-invasion defences: baths and water troughs being placed across the fairways on a golf course to prevent enemy aircraft from landing.

• INVASION DEFENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Members of the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) stand guard at a concrete road barricade at Findon, Sussex, 26 June 1940.

• INVASION DEFENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A pillbox on the promenade on the sea front at Worthing, 26 June 1940. The pier can be seen in the background.

• INVASION DEFENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A car passes a sandbagged barricade on the A23 road near Brighton, Sussex, 26 June 1940. Camouflaged tents can be seen in the background.

• INVASION DEFENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A car negotiates a barricade comprising concrete blocks, on the road between Warnham and Horsham, Surrey, 26 June 1940.

• INVASION DEFENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Concertina wire defences along the sea front at Sandgate, near Folkestone in Kent, 10 July 1940.

• INVASION DEFENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Concrete road barriers in Cheriton, Kent, 10 July 1940. An East Kent Bus shelter converted into a pillbox can be seen in the background.