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Defence of the Realm Acts Defence of the Realm Acts
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Kenilworth Castle Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth castle (War.) combined strong fortifications with palatial residential accommodation. From the first the castle seems to have included extensive water defences and these were enlarged during John's reign when it was in royal hands. The effectiveness of the defences was demonstrated when... Read more
Belgium Belgium
Belgium 1. IntroductionBelgium, a constitutional monarchy of 8.2 million people, entered the Second World War, as it had the First, as a neutral state. After the Versailles settlement of 1919, the country had concluded a series of diplomatic and military alliances with the western powers but in ... Read more
casemate casemate
casemate. 1. In fortifications, a vaulted and blast-resistant chamber with an embrasure in the outer wall, used as a gun-emplacement. It is usually within the general constructions comprising the defences. A casemate or casemated wall is a fortification with a series of casemates between strong... Read more
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence
Defence, Ministry of. In 1950 there were secretaries of state for war and for air and a 1st lord of the Admiralty. But the exigencies of modern warfare, which demanded ever closer liaison between the armed forces, coupled with severe financial difficulties, which made three separate services appear... Read more
Thermopylae Thermopylae
Thermopylae a pass between the mountains and the sea in Greece, about 200 km (120 miles) north-west of Athens, originally narrow but now much widened by the recession of the sea. In 480 bc it was the scene of the defence against the Persian army of Xerxes I by 6,000 Greeks; among them were 300... Read more
Irish Volunteers Irish Volunteers
Irish (National) Volunteers, a militia founded 25 November 1913 at the Rotunda in Dublin, often seen as a direct response to an article by Eoin MacNeill in the Gaelic League paper Claidheamh Soluis. In this article nationalists were called upon to arm themselves in defence of home rule as the... Read more
Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, on the Yare estuary in Norfolk, developed in the 11th cent. as a fishing town, especially for North Sea herring. From then until the First World War it was a major port, one of the largest towns in England, with stone defences which largely survive, a huge medieval parish church, and... Read more
OVERLORD OVERLORD
OVERLORD as the overall codename for the Allied invasion of occupied north-west Europe (see Maps 81 and 82). The assault phase of OVERLORD, the Normandy landings and associated operations, was codenamed NEPTUNE.The Casablanca conference convened in January 1943 (see SYMBOL), gave the initial... Read more
mormaers mormaers
mormaers were provincial rulers in the Gaelic kingdom of Scotland from the 10th to the 12th cents. The original area of the kingdom, stretching east of the Grampians from the Forth in the south to the Spey in the north, was divided into a patchwork of provinces ruled by a mormaer. They raised the... Read more

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