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Pillboxes around RAF Stations
Numerous pillboxes were installed in Britain during the Second World War, mainly to help defend the country in the event of invasion by Axis forces. These were placed alongside or in the vicinity of lines of communication such as railways, canals and rivers. Others, like those at Wroughton and Yatesbury, had a different although related purpose - to protect the airfields against enemy forces. Thankfully, the German high command decided against invading England in 1940 so these defences were never tested in battle. They remain as mute witnesses to the state of the nation's mind at the time they were constructed.
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