Coastal defence (or defense) and coastal fortification are measures taken to provide protection against military attack at or near a coastline (or other...

protection of the coast from the action of wind, wave and tide Coastal defence and fortification, the protection of the coast against military or naval...

Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. From...

of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against...

Coastal Command (COMCOAST) is a coastal defence and fortification command of the Pakistan Navy with duties to manage maritime and all creek coastal areas...

checkpoint and guard end stations, coastal searchlights, coastal signal stations, and an observation tower. The coastal defence and fortification incorporated...

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used...

силы Казахстана) is the naval force responsible for coastal defense, naval special warfare, and naval warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic...

War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack...

Coastal fortifications in Scotland played a vital role during the World Wars, protecting shipping as they mustered to convoy. New fortifications were built...

Navy include three branches: Coastal Defence Missile Artillery Motorized coastal defence troops Naval Infantry Brigades and battalions are the main organizational...

and guided tours of life in an isolated place living on the edge. Fort Dunree Military Museum is located at the site of the former coastal defence and...

Army in June 1942 and relocated to Normandy, with duties including coastal defence, air raid protection and defensive fortification construction. After...

Toone A part of the Paw Patrol fictional scenario and toy range Coastguard Coastal defence and fortification Maritime security This disambiguation page lists...

Europe: European fortifications of World War II Da Capo Press, p. 365. "...to the four giant 30.5 cm guns of the Maxim Gorky I coastal battery..." Weal...

Coastal fortifications were constructed in New Zealand in two main waves: around 1885 as a response to fears of an attack by Russia, and in World War II...

were small hills that overlooked the defences, but in previous centuries, they had been too far from the fortifications to be a threat. A small hill close...

Vaxholm Artillery Corps in 1889. Before this all coastal artillery units that were stationed on coastal defence fortresses or city fortresses were under the...

extensive fortifications around the Grand Harbour and Marsamxett, as well as a coastal defence system consisting of towers, batteries, redoubts and entrenchments...

The medieval fortifications dating from the 12th century The bastioned fortifications dating from the 17th century The ring fortification system dating...

permanent defence consisted of fortification structures built in the Stockholm region to defend the city against hostile attacks from sea, land, and air. The...

The first fortifications of Singapore consisted of batteries built in the early 19th century to protect the harbour and city. After this there were two...

New System of Fortification: with Hints for its Application to our National Defences (1849), The Peril of Portsmouth; or, French Fleets and English Forts...

In fortification, the term entrenchment (Italian: trincieramento, Maltese: trunċiera) can refer to either a secondary line of defence within a larger fortification...

Festung Norwegen (German, transl. Fortress Norway) was the heavy defence and fortification system of Norway during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany...

are highly valued by the community and are bound up in the siting of the fortification for coastal defence purposes and the sense of security it has afforded...

fulfilled and that many coastal batteries were still left to be installed. By March 1944, between 50 and 80% of the required fortifications in the area...

example of fortification design which demonstrates the evolution of the theory of coastal defence, the technology of defence and coastal fortification design...

coastal defence fortification in the 16th century to protect upper Cork Harbour and port, the site now houses an observatory, visitor centre and restaurant...

"Grey Fort" or Dún Fhraoigh meaning "Fort of Heather") is a coastal defence fortification located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula, County...