Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 131
... built along the line of an even earlier rampart , but all the same strategic , tactical and political factors apply to the Great Wall of China , as apply to Hadrian's Wall in Britain . Considering the totalitarian nature of Shi- Huang ...
... built along the line of an even earlier rampart , but all the same strategic , tactical and political factors apply to the Great Wall of China , as apply to Hadrian's Wall in Britain . Considering the totalitarian nature of Shi- Huang ...
Page 163
... built between 1916 and 1918 , thousands remaining in service years afterwards . Many were turned to civilian use , while Colonel Nissen himself pro- duced plans for mass - produced private homes ; the military architecture of the First ...
... built between 1916 and 1918 , thousands remaining in service years afterwards . Many were turned to civilian use , while Colonel Nissen himself pro- duced plans for mass - produced private homes ; the military architecture of the First ...
Page 168
... built air raid shelter in Alton. From 1940 to 1944 two mighty fortresses faced each other across the English Channel , the one a Continental citadel , the other the island bastion of a trans - Atlantic industrial stronghold . Both ...
... built air raid shelter in Alton. From 1940 to 1944 two mighty fortresses faced each other across the English Channel , the one a Continental citadel , the other the island bastion of a trans - Atlantic industrial stronghold . Both ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden