After the evacuation of Dunkirk, there was a period of intense activity to prepare defences against an immanently expected invasion of South East England. The Germans were massed on the French coast after their lightening victories in France and the Low Countries. Now Britain was firmly in their sights. It would only be a matter of time before they turned their attention to invading the land they could see just 22 miles away over the English Channel. Continue reading Nazi Invasion Between Hastings and Hythe
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Editorial
April, Spring and Easter but as we look back over this month of March 2003 there is only one thing in our minds, the terrible war in Iraq. Many British, American and Iraqi lives have been lost in the campaign to rid the world of Saddam Hussein, his gang of thugs and the tentacles that may lead to Bin Larden and other terrorists. Continue reading Editorial
Dunkirk at Rye
One of the Best War Films Ever Made
One of the best and most realistic war films ever made was created in and around Rye. ‘Dunkirk’, made in 1957, recorded the epic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the open beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Rye was chosen for the film’s location because the beaches and area around the real Dunkirk had become too populated in the seventeen year period that had elapsed since that time. Continue reading Dunkirk at Rye