Fortifications of Portsmouth
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 124 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5083-5941-6
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Fortifications of Portsmouth are extensive, due to its strategic position on the English Channel and role as home to the Royal Navy. For this reason Portsmouth was by the 19th century one of the most fortified cities in the world. The fortifications have evolved over the centuries in response to changes in tactics and technology. The area covered by the defences has also increased. While the first defences focused on Portsmouth harbour, in concert with the Fortifications of Gosport, later defensive structures protected the whole of Portsea Island and an increasing distance inland. At the same time the fortifications of Portsmouth and Gosport became just part of the wider Fortifications of the Solent. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом ресурсе "Википедия" в частности. Собранная по частотным запросам указанной тематики, данная...
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