Open AccessBLUE GUMS FORTRESS OBSERVATION POST SIMON'S BAY FIRE COMMAND 1942-1955
Author(s) -
W.M. Bisset
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria south african journal of military studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/16-1-458
Subject(s) - artillery , fortress (chess) , bay , adversary , history , period (music) , ancient history , spanish civil war , world war ii , geography , archaeology , aeronautics , art , engineering , computer security , computer science , aesthetics
The Second World War was the "finest hour" in the history of coast artillery in South Africa. It was a period of hectic activity and phenomenal growth but it was also, fortunately, a great anticlimax because South Africa was spared an attack on her coastal cities and towns by enemy warships and aircraft
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