AA Command
Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences of the Second World War
Colin Dobinson
The first full-length history of Britain's anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War, and of their surviving remains
Commissioned to support English Heritage's initiatives to preserve England's wartime remains, AA Command is also a study of the everyday places where the battle was fought. Thousands of gun batteries were built during the war. By exploring their design and pattering, AA Command offers a new perspective of Britain's defence geography and rediscovers the sites which were home to hundreds of thousands of men and - controversially - of women.
As the second volume in the series Monuments of War it makes a powerful case for selected examples to be preserved as historical monuments. Drawing upon a wealth of original documents and first-hand accounts, it tells the story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences on the home front during the Second World War: in the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, and the Luftwaffe's cruel campaigns against cathedral cities and coastal resorts. But it does more. 'The bomber', said Stanley Baldwin in 1932, 'will always get through'. AA Command is the story of one attempt to prove a politician wrong.
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About Colin Dobinson Dr Colin Dobinson was born in 1960 in East Sussex. After studying archaeology at York and Cambridge he joined the Council for British Archaeology. The series Monuments of War arises from his work for English Heritage in their Monuments Protection Programme.
He lives near Leyburn, North Yorkshire and his other work includes Fields of Deception: Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War II
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