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  • Northern Ireland, Second World War

The most secret ARDS plan; fighting to the end

In 1942 the Second World War was taking on a new, global element. December 1941 saw the attacks on Pearl Harbour that drew the Americans into frontline conflict, while units…

  • Pillbox Research, Second World War

All pillboxes are concrete, but some are more concrete than others

I am going to make a bold statement that may cause some heated discussion. All pillboxes were made of concrete. Concrete is an incredible building material, first used by the…

  • Northern Ireland, Pillbox Research, Second World War

Site Visit Part II – Randalstown Forest, Second World War Defences

The pillbox is synonymous with the Second World War. Thousands were constructed across the United Kingdom (and Ireland) to defend high-value areas or as part of a National defensive line.…

  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Second World War, Wales

Second World War Microwave Experiments

The 1930s and 1940s saw huge advances in the development of radio and radar technologies, with one of the most sophisticated networks of Radio Direction Finding (RDF) being deployed in…

  • Northern Ireland, Pillbox Research, Second World War

A study of the pillbox at Murlough Beach

For those of you who are familiar with the beach at Murlough Bay nature reserve, you may have noticed a rather unassuming pile of rubble. Without interpretation you may have…

  • Original Research, Pillbox Research, Second World War

How long did it take to build a pillbox?

25 unskilled labourers, 6 carpenters, 4 steel fixers, 2 concrete workers, 1 mixer driver, 1 superintending officer One of the privileges of collecting contemporary military manuals (see the full list…

  • Northern Ireland, Second World War

Downhill Radio Navigation Site

The use of radio technology transformed the air war during the Second World War. In a short space of time RADAR was born and fine tuned to detect and track…

  • Northern Ireland, Original Research, Second World War

Radar in Northern Ireland 1939 – 1945

One rainy afternoon in lockdown, I thought I would do some research on finding evidence for the WW2 radar sites that were once dotted around Northern Ireland. Finding photographic evidence…

  • Original Research, Second World War

Second World War Aircraft Direction Finding Part I – Background

The start of the twentieth century was a post-industrial technological arms race, and the traces left behind are like a timeline of pioneering developments in an attempt to outsmart our…

  • Original Research, Second World War

Second World War Aircraft Direction Finding Part II – Locating the Sites

In the second part of this article I will pull together information and images from across a number of sources in an attempt to interpret some of the cryptic remains…

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