Uncovers the remains of nearly 400 Home Guard emplacements scattered across Somerset, Dorset and Devon.

A fascinating exploration of the local history of the castles and fortifications of the West Country.

Explore Wiltshire's military heritage, from Roman times to the present day, in this illustrated guide.

This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of Wiltshire’s most precious assets shows what makes it such a popular destination.

"Through meticulous research in archives and crumbling ventilation shafts, Chatterton paints a picture of Britain in the Second World War that turns our popular narrative on its head. This is important, shocking, and impressive.” — Dan Snow MBE, historian, broadcaster and television presenter Alone, unprepared and weak. These are generally the words used to describe Britain’s position in 1940, part of a narrative that has been built up ever since the end of World War II. However, the reality is very different. On land, sea and in the air, Britain was prepared. It had the most powerful navy in the world; the RAF was relatively strong, but more importantly, was operating as part of a plan and a joined-up group system that was in reality never in any real danger of being defeated; even the post-Dunkirk British Army was better armed than the post-war narrative tells us. These forces were backed up by the Home Guard, and thousands of men and women in secret roles ready to help fight the invasion of the country. Even if all of this had gone wrong and the Nazis had defeated Britain militarily then a separate, highly secret civilian group were ready to become active only after the occupation had started. One word associated more than any other during this period of the Second World War is ‘Alone’ – Churchill played upon this in his speeches but in 1940, Britain had a hugely powerful empire. Although in many cases this support was thousands of miles away, the Empire and other Allies would have played a huge role had the Germans had invaded, one that has been overlooked in many accounts.

Highly illustrated look at the military heritage of the Channel Islands from Viking invaders to the present day.

This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of Jersey’s most precious assets shows what makes it such a popular destination.

Explore the military heritage of Devon from Roman times to the present day. This book will be of interest to all those who would like to know more about Devon’s remarkable military history.

This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of Somerset’s most precious assets shows what makes it such a popular destination.

An illustrated history of one of Britain’s finest counties – Somerset. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.