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Wartime Bombing Decoys in Wales

  • ISBN-13: 9781781552339
  • Publisher: FONTHILL
    Imprint: FONTHILL
  • By Ivor Jones
  • Price: AUD $50.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 20/01/2016
  • Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 0g
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Ivor Jones new book vividly describes the cunning night-time decoys which saved Cardiff, indeed Wales itself from German bombings during the Second World War. By distorting what the German bombers could see from the air, the Ministry of Home Security was successful in averting hundreds and thousands of bombs from residential areas of the country. False lights were created, to mislead the German bombers when flying over the area looking for targets. During the blackout, it was their plan to place these lights in open countryside, or around the coast. Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this is a fascinating insight into a previously overlooked aspect of the Second World War.
Ivor Jones has lived in Cardiff all of his life. An engineer by trade, he worked for the Ministry of Defence for most of his life. An active member of the Airfield Research Group, he has written four books about Airfields and Landing Grounds in Wales. He intends this to be his last word on the subject.
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