Tyne Stop Line

The Tyne Stop Line was a British during the Second World War created line of defense .

This defense system runs in the Red Valley in Northumberland and from there to Newcastle upon Tyne . It was erected against a potential German landing, which, unlike Operation Sea Lion, which was actually planned , would have threatened north-east England from the north. The strategic goal of the defense line was to stop a possible German advance here after it had been slowed down at the Coquet Stop Line 30 kilometers to the north . The position consisted of so-called pillbox bunkers.

See also

• Coquet stop line
• General Headquarters Line
• Outer London Defense Ring
• Taunton Stop Line

Web links

• Public Record Office / National Archives document PRO / WO 199/1516
• Tyne & Wear Archives Service document T136-102: "Home Guard Explosive Stores"
• "Twentieth Century Fortifications in England" Vols 1-3, Council for British Archeology reports 1996