Outer London Defense Ring

The Outer London Defense Ring ( English Outer London Defense Ring ) was a British during the Second World War created line of defense.

The line, designed as the main defense position, was intended to protect the greater London area. The defense system begins in north London and runs a ring around the city, about the course of today's highway M 25 following from Watford over the River Colne, according to Potters Bar , Cuffley , Nazeing , then south through Epping Forest , Loughton and Chigwell . This line of defense was built against a potential German landing in England ( Operation Sea Lion ). The position consisted of so-called pillbox bunkers and anti- tank trenches . The defensive position was laid out under the direction of General Edmund Ironside from June 1940. The well advanced construction work was stopped a few weeks later by his successor, General Alan Brooke .

See also

• General Headquarters Line
• Taunton Stop Line
• Coquet stop line
• Tyne Stop Line

Web links

• Essex County Council - Unlocking Essex's Past
• UK Pillboxes and Invasion Defense Remains.
• Remains of defenses in Hertfordshire

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord (edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman) (2001). War Diaries 1939-1945. Phoenix Press. ISBN 1-84212-526-5 .