A series of concrete blocks help form a roadblock somewhere in England, 1940. Scrap iron and rusting farm machinery provide the rest of the barricade. Two old cars sit on the central reservation of the road, to be pushed into place to complete the road block should the need arise.

Aug 22, 2010 · The example here is a road block designed to slow down tanks and other armoured vehicles as they progressed in expected Blitzkrieg fashion across the green and pleasant land.

Anti-tank obstacles include, but are not limited to: The Czech hedgehog, dragon's teeth and cointet-element are the most famous types of World War II anti-tank obstacles. Anti-tank trenches were used on the western front during World War I, and in …

Buoy is a British type of anti-tank obstacle used to block roads intended to impede enemy movement. [1] Buoys were widely deployed during the invasion crisis of 1940–1941 . Each buoy was a truncated cone with a rounded bottom which was constructed out of concrete.

During WWII Bordon had its own road block consisting of 8 concrete anti-tank cylinders which were used as part of the British anti-invasion defences of 1940. This was a little after the fall of Dunkirk, when the German army was believd to be just on the other side of the channel, ready and prepared to invade the UK at any moment.

Aug 10, 2021 · Anti-tank defences were a key component of the anti-invasion defences constructed during the Second World War (World War Two), with anti-tank obstacles and road and rail blocks springing up across the UK between 1940 and 1942 to halt and hinder the advance of enemy armoured vehicles.

included ‘stop lines’ of pillboxes, road blocks and anti-tank ditches across the countryside and the encirclement of road junctions in towns and villages with defences, all intended to impede the advance of enemy tanks and infantry and to channel him into ‘killing fields’ and prepared battlefields. The countryside was also obstructed with

A line of WW2 anti-tank blocks runs along behind Seton Sands. At this point... (more)

Site of WW2 concrete roadblock. In vicinity of Coble Dene near Albert Edward Dock. Stop-lines included permanent and moveable road barriers. The most substantial works were formed from square or cylindrical concrete blocks entwined with barbed wire and fitted with explosives.

Site of WW2 concrete roadblocks. Constructed 1940-1, Now destroyed. Stop-lines included permanent and moveable road barriers. The most substantial works were formed from square or cylindrical concrete blocks entwined with barbed wire and fitted with explosives.