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When the bitter conflict of the Second World War drew to a close, Britain quietly busied herself with getting back to normal. As the men returned from the battlefields of Europe, wartime airfields were deserted, pillboxes guarding strategic Stop Lines were abandoned to nature, & jetties for the convoy escorts were left to rot. Their ghosts linger still, criss-crossing the landscape, & much can be learned from their excavation & examination. In Dig WW2 Dan Snow takes us on a journey through the Allied Battle for Europe, unearthing a Spitfire buried in the Donegal peat bog, joining a team diving on a tank graveyard off Malin Head, & venturing into a sealed bunker on a D-Day beach. Jean Hood delves more deeply into the stories he uncovers, & explores the themes raised in the TV series to reveal the neglected, forgotten & secretive accounts of the war: Britain`s relationship with `neutral` Ireland & America, the programme of `starfish sites`, & the mystery of the launch ramps pointing at London. Some stories are intensely personal, & others simply celebrate British eccentricity & the art of invention. The result is a thoroughly engrossing book that takes you to the Liri Valley & Juno Beach, Lough Erne & a Somerset cemetery. With an end section on how we can all get involved & interact with our wartime history, it will awaken the military archaeologist in all of us.

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Beach - An area on the coast consisting of a sandy or pebbled area

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History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.

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Day - The time it takes a planet or other space objects to complete one rotation.

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Snow - Water and vapour in clouds that falls in a white crystal form leaving a white layer.

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Head - The upper part of a body typically separated by the neck.

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