The Adjutants Lounge (The Mess of the Glorious 404th)

The Adjutants Lounge - The Opel Coast; 100 miles of nothing (Pt 2)


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Gary from Calais continues his journey along the Opel Coast, looking at its ties to the Tudors, Privateers, Victor Hugo and roundabouts. Honourable mentions to French film, Railway Guns, military geology and the Monocled Mutineer.

Links that may be of interest:

Welcome to the Sticks (Comedy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Sticks

French Revolutionary Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars

Railway guns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_gun

The Atlantic Wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall

Saint-Omer and the British Army, 1914-1918: https://cutt.ly/4bKE4Xi

Grand Quartier Général (1914–1919): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Quartier_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_(1914%E2%80%931919)

The Hush WAACs - The secret ladies of St Omer: https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/hush-waacs

Les Miserables at Montruil: http://www.lesmiserables-montreuil.com/



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