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Memorials and sites related to World War II

11 files, last one added on Oct 29, 2009

Scotland's west coast has always had a strategic importance as a place for anchoring naval vessels from WWII up until the cold war and even today is the location of the UK's Trident Missile Submarines and the main training area for its attack Submarine fleet.

48 files, last one added on Jul 26, 2010

Not a secret, but rarely do you get so many VIP's and such a big security operation in Scotland

9 files, last one added on Jul 08, 2005

Scotland has in the past built many of the Royal Navy's great warships but today there are only two yards remaining, the former Yarrows Shipbuilders at Scotstoun and Govan Shipbuilders, both today are owned by BAe Systems.

17 files, last one added on Feb 23, 2010

The Royal Observer Core was established in 1925 to identify hostile aircraft. In the 1950's they were given the additional task of monitoring a nuclear attack on the UK for which some 1500 underground concrete bunkers were built in every corner of the UK. The ROC was stood down in 1991 but many of the monitoring post can still be spotted. For more info check out Sub Brit's web site

20 files, last one added on Jan 25, 2010

Things that don't fall into the other catagories that I've stumbled upon in my travels.

6 files, last one added on Jul 20, 2010